HOT METAL BRIDGE

The 'Hot Metal Bridge' is a truss bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which crosses over the Monongahela River. The bridge consists of two parallel spans, the former Monongahela Connecting Railroad Bridge, built in 1887, on the upstream side and the former Hot Metal Bridge, built in 1900, on the downstream side. The Monongahela Connecting Railroad Bridge carried conventional railroad traffic, while the Hot Metal Bridge joined different parts of the J&L Steel mill, carrying crucibles of molten steel from the blast furnaces to the rolling mills on the opposite bank. The two spans share the same piers. The upstream span was converted to road use in 2000, connecting 2nd Avenue near South Oakland with Hot Metal Street (South 29th Street) in the South Side. Work began in the fall of 2006 to convert the downstream span to a mixed pedestrian/bicycle use.

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★ List of crossings of the Monongahela River

External links

★ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Article on conversion of bridge to pedestrian and bicycle use

★ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - High bids threaten the conversion project

★ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Groundbreaking on the new project