Carries 4 lanes of PA 885 Official name Glenwood Bridge Total length 695 m Bridge type Cantilever bridge | Other name(s) pghe590-12 Opened 1966 Clearance below 15 m Location Pittsburgh | |
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Locale Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Similar South Tenth Street Bri, Schenley Bridge, Panhandle Bridge, 33rd Street Railroad Bridge, Senator Robert D Fleming | ||
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The Glenwood Bridge is a cantilever bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which carries Pennsylvania Route 885 over the Monongahela River. It started construction on June 3, 1958 and was completed in 1966 to replace an old decayed unsafe iron bridge built in 1894 which carried Pittsburgh Railways streetcar tracks and vehicle traffic on a wooden deck.
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- i m blessed i m alive huge coil from truck on glenwood bridge hits woman s home
- Trail along the mon from rankin to glenwood bridge
- Glenwood bridge 1894
- South interchange
- References
Trail along the mon from rankin to glenwood bridge
Glenwood bridge (1894)
The original bridge was built by the Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls and carried trolley tracks between Pittsburgh and Homestead. It was later paved with wood to allow vehicle traffic to share the crossing. Permission was given by the Public Utilities Commission on November 8, 1962 for Pittsburgh Railways to convert trolley routes 55 East Pittsburgh via Homestead and Braddock and 98 Glassport to bus service, as the replacement bridge planned did not incorporate trolley tracks. Trolley service 55 across the bridge ended on July 4, 1964.
South interchange
At the southern end of the bridge is an expressway-style interchange with Pennsylvania Route 837. This interchange was built for a spur of the cancelled "East-West Expressway", which was at the proposal stage when the bridge was built.