Rachel Carson Bridge

at 9th St Brg, Pittsburgh , 15212 United States

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Rachel Carson Bridge
9th St Brg
Pittsburgh , PA 15212
United States
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Rachel Carson Bridge, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The total length is including the 410ft main span and two 215ft side spans, or including the approaches. The total width of the deck is, including the 38ft roadway plus two 10ft sidewalks outside the compressive plate girder. Whereas the roadway formerly carried two vehicle lanes and two streetcar tracks, it now carries two wide vehicle lanes.Named for the naturalist Rachel Carson, a Pittsburgh native, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the Andy Warhol Bridge. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are significant because they are the only trio of nearly identical bridges—as well as the first self-anchored suspension spans—built in the United States.HistoryThe bridge was dedicated and opened at a noon ceremony with Commissioner Babcock, Mayor Kline, and city council members including Herron and McArdle. The cost of construction was $1.46 million or $ in terms.The bridge was renamed on Earth Day, April 22, 2006, after years of lobbying by Esther Barazzone, president of Chatham University, the alma mater of the renowned environmentalist. Carson was born in 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, in a farmhouse up the Allegheny River, now the Rachel Carson Homestead.

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Rachel Carson Bridge is Pittsburgh based place and this enity listed in Bridge category. Located at 9th St Brg PA 15212.

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