Roberto Clemente Bridge

Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name=Roberto Clemente Bridge


caption=From north bank of the Allegheny, downtown Pittsburgh in background
official_name=Roberto Clemente Bridge
carries=Sixth Street
mainspan=430 ft (134.7 m)
length= 884 ft spans (269.4 m) (main and 2 215 side spans) 995 ft with approaches
width=38 ft roadway (formerly 2 vehicle, 2 tramway tracks, now 2 wide vehicle lanes) 10ft sidewalks (outside the plate girder)
clearance=above 78ft towers
below=deck is 40 ft above Emsworth Dam normal pool level (710 ft above sea level)
traffic=
open=October 19, 1928The Roberto Clemente Bridge, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Named for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player Roberto Clemente, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Rachel Carson 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.

The bridge was renamed on August 6, 1998. It is closed to vehicular traffic on Pirates' and Steelers' game days, providing a pedestrian route to PNC Park and Heinz Field.

The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in cooperation with the Riverlife Task Force, the City of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne Light Company, funded and managed the architectural lighting of the bridge. On November 20, 2002, the bridge was lit for the first time.

External links

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* [http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghW/0584-4477/sixth_st_br.htm entry] at pghbridges.com
* [http://www.bridgemeister.com/bridge.php?bid=158 entry] at BridgeMeister.com

ee also

*List of crossings of the Allegheny River

References

*Johanna A. Pro (1999). [http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990408clemente3.asp Clemente Bridge Dedication: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] . Retrieved April 23, 2006.

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structure = Bridges
place = Allegheny River
bridge = Roberto Clemente Bridge
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upstream = Andy Warhol Bridge
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downstream = Fort Duquesne Bridge
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