33rd Street Railroad Bridge

Truss bridge in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

33rd Street Railroad Bridge

The downstream side of the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge.

Coordinates| 40°27′57″N 79°58′25″W﻿ / ﻿40.4657°N 79.9736°W﻿ / 40.4657; -79.9736
Carries| Allegheny Valley Railroad (P&W Subdivision)
Crosses| Allegheny River
Locale| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Other name(s)| B&O Railroad Bridge at 33rd Street and Herr's Island
Characteristics
Design| Truss bridge
Material| Steel
Longest span| 400 feet (120 m)
Clearance below| 44.9 feet (13.7 m)
History
Opened| 1921
Location

The 33rd Street Railroad Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Allegheny Valley Railroad on the P&W Subdivision over the Allegheny River that connects downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Herrs Island, Pittsburgh, United States.

## History

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The Allegheny River was first crossed at this point by a railroad bridge built in 1884[1] by the Iron City Bridge Works, which moved to Pittsburgh from Cincinnati in 1856.[2]

This was replaced by the B&O bridge in 1921.[3]

## See also

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List of crossings of the Allegheny River

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to B&O Railroad Bridge at 33rd Street.

1. ^ "Baltimore and Ohio Magazine". 1920.
2. ^ Cushing (1889). History of Allegheny County. Chicago: A. Warner Co.
3. ^ "Bridges & Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA - 33rd street railroad bridge". August 31, 2001. Retrieved March 5, 2010.

Bridges of the Allegheny River

| Upstream
Washington Crossing Bridge
| 33rd Street Railroad Bridge
| Downstream
31st Street Bridge

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