page_title: Downtown Pittsburgh
section_title: Bridges
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Pittsburgh / Transportation / Bridges
caption_attribution_description: English: Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 85003216
context_page_description: Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The "triangle" is bounded by the two rivers. The area features offices for major corporations such as PNC Bank, U.S. Steel, PPG, Bank of New York Mellon, Heinz, Federated Investors and Alcoa. It is where the fortunes of such industrial barons as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Mellon and George Westinghouse were made. It contains the site where the French fort, Fort Duquesne, once stood.
  In 2013, Pittsburgh had the second-lowest vacancy rate for Class A space among downtowns in the United States.
context_section_description: Pittsburgh is nicknamed "The City of Bridges". In Downtown, there are 10 bridges (listed below) connecting to points north and south. The expanded definition of Downtown (including the aforementioned surrounding neighborhoods) includes 18 bridges. Citywide there are 446 bridges. In Allegheny County the number exceeds 2,200.
  Downtown Bridges
  Fort Pitt Bridge carries I-376 (Previously I-279) between Downtown and the Fort Pitt Tunnel
  Fort Duquesne Bridge carries I-279 between Downtown and the North Shore
  Smithfield Street Bridge carries Smithfield Street between Downtown and the South Shore
  Panhandle Bridge carries the city's light rail transit system between Downtown and the South Shore
  Liberty Bridge connects the Liberty Tunnel to I-579 Downtown
  Roberto Clemente Bridge (formerly 6th St Bridge) connects 6th Street Downtown to Federal Street on the North Shore at PNC Park
  Andy Warhol Bridge (formerly 7th St Bridge) connects 7th Street Downtown to Sandusky Street on the North Shore at the Andy Warhol Museum
  Rachel Carson Bridge (formerly 9th St Bridge) connects 9th Street Downtown to Anderson Street on the North Shore
  Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge carries freight and Amtrak trains from Downtown to the North Shore
  Veterans Bridge carries I-579 from Downtown to the North Side
  Bridges of Expanded Downtown
  West End Bridge carries US Route 19 from the West End/South Shore to the North Shore/North Side just west of Downtown
  16th Street Bridge carries 16th Street from the Strip District to Chestnut Street on the North Side
  West Penn Bridge (pedestrian/bike-only) is part of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail connecting the North Side to Washington's Landing on Herr's Island
  30th Street Bridge connects River Avenue on the North Side with Waterfront Drive on Washington's Landing at Herr's Island
  31st Street Bridge connects PA Route 28 on the North Side with 31st Street in the Strip District
  33rd Street Railroad Bridge connects the North Side to the Strip District and crosses Herr's Island
  South 10th Street Bridge connects the Armstrong Tunnel at Second Avenue just east of Downtown with the South Side at South 10th Street
  Birmingham Bridge connects East Carson Street on the South Side with Fifth and Forbes avenues in Uptown
caption: Sixth Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh
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