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Smithfield Street Bridge
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Light from a Winter Sunset
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Empty Barges
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Smithfield Street Bridge
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Smithfield Street Bridge
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Smithfield Street Bridge
The current portals are not original; they were built when the upstream span was widened in 1915. The original bridge was designed by Gustav Lindenthal; the current portals were designed by Stanley L. Roush, who was responsible for many prominent transportation-related projects, including the entrances to the Liberty Tubes and Armstrong Tunnel and the terminal at the Allegheny County Airport.
The bridge is the oldest through-truss bridge in the United States, and one of very few with a Pauli or lenticular truss. The piers are even older; they were reused from the previous bridge, designed by John Roebling after the Great Fire of 1845 destroyed the old wooden covered bridge that had been put up in 1818.
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Smithfield Street Bridge and Monongahela Incline
Looking southward on the Smithfield Street Bridge from Fort Pitt Boulevard, with the Monongahela Incline beginning its descent in the background.
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Trusswork on the Smithfield Street Bridge
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The House Building (and the Smithfield Street Bridge)
The House Building (1902, architect James T. Steen) looms before us as we cross the Smithfield Street Bridge.
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Smithfield Street Bridge
