National Steel Bridge Alliance

Fort Pitt Bridge

Prize Bridge Information

  • Year Awarded: 2005
  • Year Completed: 2003
  • Location: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Award Class: Reconstructed
  • Designer/EOR: HDR Engineering, Inc.
  • Fabricator: American Bridge Manufacturing/Bridges & Towers, Inc./DBA Valmont - Sigma/Foster, L.B. Co./Hall Industries, Inc.
  • Owner: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 11-0
  • General Contractor: Trumbull Corporation
  • Detailer: John Metcalfe Company/Royen Technologies/Foster, L.B. Co./Hall Industries, Inc./American Bridge Manufacturing

Structure Information

  • Structure Type: Arch
  • Coating System: Paint
  • Span Length (ft): Main Span 750; Approaches vary from 54 to 83
  • Structure Length (ft): 3560
  • Average Deck Width (ft): 45
  • Amount of Steel (tons): 2603
  • Cost: $84 million