16th Street Bridge (Pittsburgh)

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Coordinates: 40°27′6″N 79°59′27″W / 40.45167°N 79.99083°W

16th Street Bridge
Sixteenth Street

Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny
City	Pittsburgh

Road	16th Street (4 lanes, 2 walkways)
Crosses	Allegheny River

Coordinates	40°27′6″N 79°59′27″W / 40.45167°N 79.99083°W / 40.45167; -79.99083

Length	1,900 ft (579 m)
- Mainspan	437 ft (133 m)
Width	41.3 ft (13 m)

Design	Through arch bridge

Opened	1923 (1923)
- Added to NRHP	August 13, 1979
Governing body	Allegheny County

NRHP #	79002163 ^[1]

Location of the 16th Street Bridge in Pennsylvania

The 16th Street Bridge is a through arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The bridge was constructed in 1922 with a length of 1,900 feet (580 m) and a width of 40 feet (12 m). The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The 16th Street Bridge is one of the more popular bridges in the city of Pittsburgh and provides easy access to the Strip District and the North Shore.

View from the 31st Street Bridge, with Downtown in the background and the Heinz loft on the left bank.
View from the Stip District.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov. Retrieved November 6, 2011.

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Media related to 16th Street Bridge (Pittsburgh) at Wikimedia Commons

16th Street Bridge at pghbridges.com

Bridges of the Allegheny River

Upstream
31st Street Bridge
(Allegheny River)

Herr's Island Railroad Bridge
(Allegheny River back channel)

16th Street Bridge

Downstream
Veterans Bridge

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