West End Bridge (Pittsburgh)

Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name= West End Bridge


caption=
official_name= Allegheny County Bridge No 3 Ohio River
also_known_as= West End-North Side Bridge
carries= 4 lanes of
Two Pedestrian Walkways
crosses= Ohio River
locale= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
maint= PennDOT
id=
design= Steel Bowstring arch bridge
mainspan= 780 feet
length= 1978.75 feet
width=
clearance=
below= 66 feet
traffic=
open= December 2, 1932
closed=
toll=
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long= The West End Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge over the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, approximately one mile below the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The bridge was built from 1930 to 1932 primarily by the American Bridge Company (superstructure) and the Foundation Company (substructure). The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The Riverlife Task Force conducted a competition in the spring of 2006 to design a pedestrian bridge across the Ohio attached to the West End Bridge. The goal of the competition was to create an iconic architectural element which ties both shore neighborhoods with the waterfronts while eliminating the need for pedestrians to cross traffic lanes and empty lots. The winning design was submitted by [http://www.endresware.com/ Endres Ware] in association with [http://www.olinptr.com/ Olin Partnership] , [http://www.ammann-whitney.com/ Ammann & Whitney] , [http://www.auerbachconsultants.com/ Auerbach Glasow] , and RWDI; however, there is not yet a budget or timelime for actual construction of the winning design.

External links

* [http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghW/0582-4477/westend.htm pghbridges.com]
* [http://www.riverlifecompetition.org/ Pedestrian bridge design competition]
* [http://www.rwdi.com/ RWDI]

ee also

*List of crossings of the Ohio River
*Pittsburgh bridges

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Ohio River
bridge = West End Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Fort Duquesne Bridge
(Allegheny River)
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Fort Pitt Bridge
(Monongahela River)
upstream signs =
downstream = Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge
downstream signs =