Fort Duquesne Bridge - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

            The Fort Duquesne Bridge spanning the Allegheny River is a steel bowstring arch, double-deck bridge, sometimes known as “The Bridge To Nowhere,” that opened to traffic on October 17, 1969. The main span was completed in 1963, but because of difficulties in securing a site to place the bridge’s northwestern ramps, traffic was not able to use these ramps until 1969. However, the northeastern ramps were not completed until 1986, with the construction of the northern section of Interstate 279 which runs through Downtown Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle. The bridge touches down halfway between the Steeler's Heinz Field (seen in the background) and Pirate's PNC Park on the City's North Shore. This bridge replaced one of the most beautiful and ornate bridges in Pittsburgh, the Manchester Bridge (Google it...beautiful bridge that I wish more were built like today). And, lastly, the Fort Duquesne Bridge was rehabilitated in 2010 after years of wear and tear lowered it's ratings during inspection to imminent failure possible.

And, a funny story that I found:
On December 12, 1964, Frederick Williams, a 21-year-old chemistry major at the University of Pittsburgh from Basking Ridge, New Jersey, drove his 1959 Chrysler station wagon through the bridge's wooden barricades, raced off the end of the bridge, and landed upside-down but unhurt on the other side, 190 feet away at the north bank of the Allegheny River. His adventure is documented in WQED-TV's double Mid-Atlantic region Emmy Award-winning documentary "Flying off the Bridge to Nowhere and Other Tales of Pittsburgh Bridges", narrated by Rick Sebak. Within a few weeks of this near tragedy, an iconic Pittsburgh radio personality, Rege Cordic, distributed commemorative bumper stickers which read "Official Entry, Cordic & Company Bridge Leap Contest." With thousands of vehicles bearing these stickers on Pittsburgh's streets, the city responded by blocking off the end of the bridge with concrete barriers.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image.  Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Pittsburgh / North Shore (show map)

Taken on: July 25, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/7.1, 30mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/7.1
Focal Length:	30mm
ISO:	200
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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