How much did Washington Crossing Bridge cost to build?
The Washington Crossing Bridge, also called the 40th Street Bridge, carries 40th Street over the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh between Lawrenceville and Millvale. It is a steel deck arch bridge about 2,366 ft (721 m) long with three three-hinged main spans of roughly 360 ft, designed by architect Benno Janssen and engineer Charles Stratton Davis for Allegheny County and built between 1919 and 1924 at a cost of ,344,904. It opened on 29 December 1924, the anniversary of George Washington's 1753 river crossing, with two traffic lanes and a streetcar line, and a third reversible lane was added in 1982.
Final project cost
$2.3449 million
Cost basis: 1924
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Basis of the published figure
Final project cost1924
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Key dimensions
- Total lengthBridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh (pghbridges.com)
- 721.2 m
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