Design suspension bridge Material Wood Architect John A. Roebling | No. of spans 7 of 162 feet each Bridge type Suspension bridge Body of water Allegheny River Carry Pennsylvania Canal | |
Other name(s) Allegheny Aqueduct Bridge Similar Niagara Falls Suspensi, Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, Smithfield Street Bridge, John A Roebling Suspensi, Donald R Lobaugh Bridge | ||
The Allegheny Aqueduct was John A. Roebling's first wire cable suspension bridge. It was built in 1844 near the later Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge as a replacement for a wooden covered bridge aqueduct over the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, part of the Pennsylvania Canal.
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