Roberto Clemente Bridge

Completed in 1928 and originally named the Sixth Street Bridge, the Roberto Clemente Bridge was one of the first self-anchoring suspension bridges and utilized solid steel eye-bars for both the main suspension cables and the vertical support for the bridge deck. It won the very first NSBA Prize Bridge Award in 1928, and in its 90-plus years of service spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, it has come to define Pittsburgh and its history.

See more bridges. buildings, and innovations from the Roaring Twenties in our 1920s timeline, part of our yearlong celebration of AISC's Centennial!