George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge

1935

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George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge
  • Title
  • George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B010.F19.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B010.F19.I01
  • Description
  • The George Washington Memorial Bridge spans Turtle Creek between East Pittsburgh and North Versailles Township. The 460-foot center span of the bridge was the nation’s longest for a concrete arch at the time. The total length (including the longest elevated ramp) includes five spans totaling 1,598 feet. The bridge, designed by George S. Richardson, was built by the County of Allegheny in 1932 to carry the Lincoln Highway US 30. The bridge was a $1.75 million part of a $4.4 million Lincoln Highway re-routing project. Four pylons at the entrances have 10 foot by 18-foot art deco granite reliefs by Frank Vittor. With a relief of up to eight inches, the chiseled scenes depict the development of the Turtle Creek Valley including the defeat of the British General Braddock by the French and Indians in 1755. An $11.3 million in renovation in 1982-83 included a modified deck with a wider roadway and Jersey barriers. The bridge was reopened in October 1983. Below the bridge stands a former site of the now-dissolved Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge (Pa.)
    East Pittsburgh (Pa.)
    Turtle Creek Valley (Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--North Versailles Township.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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