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Ohio Connecting Railway, Brunot's Island Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Brunot's Island, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Summary
Significance: The bridge is significant for its complexity, carrying rail traffic in four directions across the Ohio River on a system of high viaduct spans and through trusses. Innovative methods were used to erect the main channel span in 1890, and to replace it in 1915. When completed, the Parker through truss was the world's longest riveted simple truss span.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N579
Survey number: HAER PA-509
Building/structure dates: 1889-1890 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1913-1916 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1901
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Becker, Max J
Bland, J C
American Bridge Company
Drake & Stratton Company
Seaboard Construction Company
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Ohio Connecting Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway
Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Pittsburgh (Pa.), 40.46393, -80.04441
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
