Andy Warhol Bridge
| |
|---|---|
From north bank of the Allegheny River, looking southwest, downtown Pittsburgh in background, Roberto Clemente Bridge at right.
Shows main plate girder (bearing compressive forces) and sidewalk support.
| |
| Coordinates | 40°26′46″N 80°00′05″W / 40.44611°N 80.00139°W / 40.44611; -80.00139 |
| Carries | Seventh Street |
| Crosses | Allegheny River |
| Official name | Andy Warhol Bridge |
| Named for | Andy Warhol |
| Maintained by | Allegheny County |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 1,061 ft (323 m) |
| Width | 62 ft (19 m) Vertical clearance above 78 ft towers |
| Height | 83.5 ft (25.5 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | American Bridge Company |
| Construction start | 1925 |
| Construction end | 1926 |
| Opened | June 17, 1926 |
| |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000018 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 7, 1986 |
| Designated PHLF | 1988[1] |
| Location | |
 | |
Andy Warhol Bridge, also known as the Seventh Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny RiverinDowntown Pittsburgh. It is the only bridge in the United States named for a visual artist. It was opened at a cost of $1.5 million[2] on June 17, 1926, in a ceremony attended by 2,000.[3]
Named for the artist Andy Warhol, a Pittsburgh native, this structure is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the Rachel Carson Bridge. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are historically 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.
The bridge was renamed for Warhol on March 18, 2005, as part of the tenth-anniversary celebration for the Andy Warhol Museum. The museum is nearby at 117 Sandusky Street, a street which leads to the bridge from the north side of the river on Pittsburgh's North Shore.
On August 11, 2013, the Andy Warhol Bridge was covered with 580 knitted and crocheted panels in a yarn bombing project known as Knit the Bridge that lasted for four weeks.[4]
This is the third bridge on the site, the first having been demolished in early 1884. Construction of its replacement began in 1884,[5] opening to traffic in 1887.[6]
(make the piers) longer than they are now which is sixty-six feet
Levi H. Kantner, the 16-year-old son of Mr. D. T. Kantner, of the Altoona Gas Works, had the pleasure of being the first bicycler to cross the new Seventh street bridge on a wheel. Levi Kantner won't be beat in anything he undertakes that is, he won't if he can help it.
Media related to Andy Warhol Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Bridges of the Allegheny River
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
|
| |
|---|---|
| Topics |
|
| Lists by state |
|
| Lists by insular areas |
|
| Lists by associated state |
|
| Other areas |
|
| Related |
|
| |
