Liberty Bridge Autumn '21
by Joyce Wasser
Title
Liberty Bridge Autumn '21
Artist
Joyce Wasser
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Liberty Bridge stretches across the Monongahela to downtown Pittsburgh. This steel cantilever bridge with concrete pillars is 2663 feet long. it was erected from1926-28 by engineer George S. Richardson and the Allegheny County Department of Public Works.
The Liberty Tubes (Tunnels) had been opened for four years by the time the bridge was completed. With the opening of the Liberty Bridge and the resolution of the Liberty Tubes' ventilation problems, the South Hills boroughs and townships were finally given a direct auto route to and from downtown.
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November 16th, 2021
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