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Westinghouse, George, Memorial Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
George Westinghouse Bridge at the western terminus of North Versailles Township
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Location	US 30 (Lincoln Highway) at Turtle Creek, North Versailles Township, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°23′38″N 79°50′16″W / 40.39389°N 79.83778°W / 40.39389; -79.83778
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1929-September 10, 1932
Architect	Vernon R. Covell and George S. Richardson, engineers; Stanley Roush, architect
NRHP reference No.	77001120
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1977
Designated PHLF	1984

George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, carries U.S. Route 30, the Lincoln Highway, over the Turtle Creek Valley near to where it joins the Monongahela River Valley east of Pittsburgh. The reinforced concrete open-spandrel deck arch bridge has a total length of 1,598 feet (487 m) comprising five spans. The longest, central span is 460 feet (140 m), with the deck height 240 feet (73 m) above the valley floor, for a time the world's longest concrete arch span structure. It cost $1.75 million ($39.1 million in 2023 dollars). The design engineers were Vernon R. Covell and George S. Richardson, with architectural design by Stanley Roush. The pylons at the ends of the bridges feature Art Deco reliefs by Frank Vittor.

The bridge is named for George Westinghouse (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914), the American entrepreneur and engineer. Nearby was the famous Westinghouse Electric Corporation East Pittsburgh Works, which is now an industrial park. Notable attractions visible while driving across the bridge include the Edgar Thomson Steel Works (U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works) and Kennywood Park.

Popular culture

The bridge was featured in the 2011 film Warrior starring Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy.

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• Pennsylvania portal
• Westinghouse Memorial
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of bridges in the United States by height

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "The George Westinghouse Bridge, Pittsburgh's engineering marvel". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 10, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
3. Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
4. ^ Donnelly, Lu (2010). Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. University of Virginia Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8139-2823-4.

Further reading

• Toker, Franklin (1994) . Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-446, "George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA", 10 photos, 1 color transparency, 14 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge at pghbridges.com
• George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge at Structurae
• Mellon, Steve (October 10, 2014). "The George Westinghouse Bridge, Pittsburgh's engineering marvel". The Digs. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

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