• "Bridge to Nowhere" | Pittsburgh: "City of Bridges"

    He was a University of Pittsburgh Student named Frederick Williams. Fred and his Chrysler Station Wagon flew over the unfinished edge of the Fort Duquesne Bridge landing upside-down but unharmed on the other side (Kirkland, 2013). He accomplished the feat of taking the famous "bridge to nowhere" somewhere.

  • Pittsburgh History Series | Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere

    Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere 03/17/2020 | 58m 31s | Video has closed captioning. Pittsburgh is often called The City of Bridges, and it's easy to see why.

  • Pittsburgh's bridge to nowhere - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    The bridge's main span was finished in 1963. However, according to an article in The Pittsburgh Press, "red tape and governmental disagreement" kept it from being completed for several more years, earning it the nickname "The Bridge to Nowhere.". "Police estimated the uncompleted bridge stands about 100 feet over the Allegheny River ...

  • The Fort Duquesne Bridge- The Bridge to Nowhere

    The bridge was dubbed "The Bridge to Nowhere" and remained that way for 6 years until 1969 when the ramps were completed. But there is more…On Dec. 12, 1964, the University of Pittsburgh student Frederick Williams and his station wagon flew 170 feet in the air off the unfinished ramp and landed near the river bank upside down.

  • Fort Duquesne Bridge - Wikipedia

    October 17, 1969. ( 1969-10-17) Replaces. Manchester Bridge. Location. The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as " The Bridge to Nowhere ".

  • Aging Pittsburgh bridge collapses in early morning while ...

    The bridge was listed as being in "poor condition" by Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation. An aging bridge in Pittsburgh that was listed as being in poor condition collapsed early Friday morning, public-safety officials said. The bridge, located on Forbes Avenue, near Frick Park, came down around 6 a.m., the Associated Press reported.

  • A Bureaucratic Boondoggle and an ... - Pittsburgh Magazine

    A Bureaucratic Boondoggle and an Unexpected Flight. Delays in completing the "Bridge to Nowhere" led to a bizarre — but, shockingly, harmless — accident. P ittsburgh's unfinished "Bridge to Nowhere" was finally linked to the North Side 50 years ago, on Oct. 16, 1969, after spending most of the preceding decade as a punchline.

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  • Pittsburgh: "City of Bridges"

    The "bridge to nowhere" was the name it received during the time while it was unfinished. Due to cash constraints in the 1960's, the bridge was completely built, but a ramp on the North Shore side was not constructed.

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    The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green ...

  • "Bridge to Nowhere" | Pittsburgh: "City of Bridges"

    He was a University of Pittsburgh Student named Frederick Williams. Fred and his Chrysler Station Wagon flew over the unfinished edge of the Fort Duquesne Bridge landing upside-down but unharmed on the other side (Kirkland, 2013). He accomplished the feat of taking the famous "bridge to nowhere" somewhere.

  • Pittsburgh History Series | Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere

    Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere 03/17/2020 | 58m 31s | Video has closed captioning. Pittsburgh is often called The City of Bridges, and it's easy to see why.

  • Pittsburgh's bridge to nowhere - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    The bridge's main span was finished in 1963. However, according to an article in The Pittsburgh Press, "red tape and governmental disagreement" kept it from being completed for several more years, earning it the nickname "The Bridge to Nowhere.". "Police estimated the uncompleted bridge stands about 100 feet over the Allegheny River ...

  • The Fort Duquesne Bridge- The Bridge to Nowhere

    The bridge was dubbed "The Bridge to Nowhere" and remained that way for 6 years until 1969 when the ramps were completed. But there is more…On Dec. 12, 1964, the University of Pittsburgh student Frederick Williams and his station wagon flew 170 feet in the air off the unfinished ramp and landed near the river bank upside down.

  • Fort Duquesne Bridge - Wikipedia

    October 17, 1969. ( 1969-10-17) Replaces. Manchester Bridge. Location. The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as " The Bridge to Nowhere ".

  • Aging Pittsburgh bridge collapses in early morning while ...

    The bridge was listed as being in "poor condition" by Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation. An aging bridge in Pittsburgh that was listed as being in poor condition collapsed early Friday morning, public-safety officials said. The bridge, located on Forbes Avenue, near Frick Park, came down around 6 a.m., the Associated Press reported.

  • A Bureaucratic Boondoggle and an ... - Pittsburgh Magazine

    A Bureaucratic Boondoggle and an Unexpected Flight. Delays in completing the "Bridge to Nowhere" led to a bizarre — but, shockingly, harmless — accident. P ittsburgh's unfinished "Bridge to Nowhere" was finally linked to the North Side 50 years ago, on Oct. 16, 1969, after spending most of the preceding decade as a punchline.

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  • Pittsburgh: "City of Bridges"

    The "bridge to nowhere" was the name it received during the time while it was unfinished. Due to cash constraints in the 1960's, the bridge was completely built, but a ramp on the North Shore side was not constructed.

  • Pittsburgh bridge's 2016 infrastructure funding reportedly ...

    The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green ...

  • Pittsburgh Bridge To Nowhere - YouTube

    At least 10 people were injured when a snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed early Friday, just hours before President Biden was due to visit the city&...

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  • Five Fun Facts about Pittsburgh Bridges | Pittsburgh Magazine

    The 13 original colonies are featured on the bridge with cast-iron seals. photo by richard cook . Fort Duquesne Bridge. When this bridge was being built, it was nicknamed the "bridge to nowhere" because of the many unfinished ramps. The ramps on the northern side were finished in 1986 to connect Pennsylvania Route 65 and Interstate 279.

  • WQED

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  • Pittsburgh: Bursting with Bridges - Popular Pittsburgh

    The Bridge to Nowhere. Perhaps the most notorious of Pittsburgh bridges is not a bridge at all. What became known as 'The Bridge to Nowhere' was actually an unfinished portion of what would eventually become the Fort Duquesne Bridge.

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  • As it was, so shall it be — Christopher Fountain

    Pittsburgh bridge 2016 infrastructure funding was diverted to bike paths and "green" energy programs . Monica Showalter, American Th9inker: Instead of repairing the bridge with what likely would have been the Obama-era shovel-ready 2009 infrastructure funds for "roads and bridges," known as the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," the cash went to bike lanes and green boondoggles, and ...

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    #15 Fort Duquesne Bridge Bridge Updated: 2019-11-21 The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as The Bridge to Nowhere.

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    Emergency crews were on the scene of a bridge collapse in a Pittsburgh park early Friday — before President Biden was due to arrive in the city to give remarks touting his infrastructure plan. The bridge carrying Forbes Avenue through Frick Park east of downtown gave way shortly before 7 a.m., according to a tweet from the city's Department ...

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    A "Bridge to Nowhere" in southern West Virginia will have a destination in a few years. Gov. Jim Justice held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the start of work on a 3.8-mile (6.1-kilometer ...

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    #1 West End Bridge Pittsburgh Bridge Updated: 2019-11-25 The West End Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge over the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, approximately one mile below the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The bridge was built from 1930 to 1932 primarily by the American Bridge Company and the Foundation Company and was the world's first to use tied-arch ...

  • "Bridge to Nowhere" | Pittsburgh: "City of Bridges"

    He was a University of Pittsburgh Student named Frederick Williams. Fred and his Chrysler Station Wagon flew over the unfinished edge of the Fort Duquesne Bridge landing upside-down but unharmed on the other side (Kirkland, 2013). He accomplished the feat of taking the famous "bridge to nowhere" somewhere.

  • Pittsburgh History Series | Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere

    Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere 03/17/2020 | 58m 31s | Video has closed captioning. Pittsburgh is often called The City of Bridges, and it's easy to see why.

  • Pittsburgh's bridge to nowhere - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    The bridge's main span was finished in 1963. However, according to an article in The Pittsburgh Press, "red tape and governmental disagreement" kept it from being completed for several more years, earning it the nickname "The Bridge to Nowhere.". "Police estimated the uncompleted bridge stands about 100 feet over the Allegheny River ...

  • The Fort Duquesne Bridge- The Bridge to Nowhere

    The bridge was dubbed "The Bridge to Nowhere" and remained that way for 6 years until 1969 when the ramps were completed. But there is more…On Dec. 12, 1964, the University of Pittsburgh student Frederick Williams and his station wagon flew 170 feet in the air off the unfinished ramp and landed near the river bank upside down.

  • Fort Duquesne Bridge - Wikipedia

    October 17, 1969. ( 1969-10-17) Replaces. Manchester Bridge. Location. The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as " The Bridge to Nowhere ".

  • Aging Pittsburgh bridge collapses in early morning while ...

    The bridge was listed as being in "poor condition" by Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation. An aging bridge in Pittsburgh that was listed as being in poor condition collapsed early Friday morning, public-safety officials said. The bridge, located on Forbes Avenue, near Frick Park, came down around 6 a.m., the Associated Press reported.

  • A Bureaucratic Boondoggle and an ... - Pittsburgh Magazine

    A Bureaucratic Boondoggle and an Unexpected Flight. Delays in completing the "Bridge to Nowhere" led to a bizarre — but, shockingly, harmless — accident. P ittsburgh's unfinished "Bridge to Nowhere" was finally linked to the North Side 50 years ago, on Oct. 16, 1969, after spending most of the preceding decade as a punchline.

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  • Pittsburgh: "City of Bridges"

    The "bridge to nowhere" was the name it received during the time while it was unfinished. Due to cash constraints in the 1960's, the bridge was completely built, but a ramp on the North Shore side was not constructed.

  • Pittsburgh bridge's 2016 infrastructure funding reportedly ...

    The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green ...

  • Pittsburgh Bridge To Nowhere - YouTube

    At least 10 people were injured when a snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed early Friday, just hours before President Biden was due to visit the city&...

  • Fort Duquesne Bridge - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny ...

    One driver's adventure is reported in the video Flying Off The Bridge To Nowhere and Other Tales of Pittsburgh's Bridges from the "Pittsburgh History Series" by Rick Sebak of WQED-Pittsburgh. "The Bridge To Nowhere" went nowhere because of troubles finding a place to land its northern ramps. Extending northward from the main span of the Fort ...

  • Five Fun Facts about Pittsburgh Bridges | Pittsburgh Magazine

    The 13 original colonies are featured on the bridge with cast-iron seals. photo by richard cook . Fort Duquesne Bridge. When this bridge was being built, it was nicknamed the "bridge to nowhere" because of the many unfinished ramps. The ramps on the northern side were finished in 1986 to connect Pennsylvania Route 65 and Interstate 279.

  • WQED

    Pittsburgh History Series Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere. Pittsburgh is often called The City of Bridges, and it's easy to see why. With three mighty rivers and lots of hills and valleys, the area around this city is the site for many outstanding bridges with innovative and beautiful designs.

  • Pittsburgh: Bursting with Bridges - Popular Pittsburgh

    The Bridge to Nowhere. Perhaps the most notorious of Pittsburgh bridges is not a bridge at all. What became known as 'The Bridge to Nowhere' was actually an unfinished portion of what would eventually become the Fort Duquesne Bridge.

  • Pittsburgh bridge collapse underscores need to repair ...

    Pittsburgh bridge collapse underscores need to repair 1,400-plus deficient bridges in NC ... "It doesn't really matter if it's a two-lane road out in the middle of nowhere or if it's a bridge on I ...

  • The Bridge to Nowhere (2009) - IMDb

    The Bridge to Nowhere: Directed by Blair Underwood. With Ving Rhames, Bijou Phillips, Danny Masterson, Ben Crowley. Centers on the rise and fall of four blue-collar men who team with a destitute prostitute to create a high-priced escort service.

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  • Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA ...

    From the highest point in Allegheny County, 1,401 feet at River Hill in Forward Township, to the 710 foot normal pool level of the Ohio River at the Point in Pittsburgh, and down to the 682 foot elevation on the banks of the Ohio as it exits the County in the west, the elevation varies by a bit more than 700 feet.

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  • Jeffrey Corbett on LinkedIn: #pittsburgh #bridgecollapse # ...

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  • As it was, so shall it be — Christopher Fountain

    Pittsburgh bridge 2016 infrastructure funding was diverted to bike paths and "green" energy programs . Monica Showalter, American Th9inker: Instead of repairing the bridge with what likely would have been the Obama-era shovel-ready 2009 infrastructure funds for "roads and bridges," known as the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," the cash went to bike lanes and green boondoggles, and ...

  • Yeah, conservatives are probably right. We don't need an ...

    Who can forget President George W. Bush's 2005 bill that included funding for the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. President Obama's 2009 "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" had an $831 billion price tag. The Trump Administration proposed or endorsed several costly infrastructure plans between 2015-2020.

  • Allegheny River, PA Map with Wikipedia Places

    #15 Fort Duquesne Bridge Bridge Updated: 2019-11-21 The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as The Bridge to Nowhere.

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    Emergency crews were on the scene of a bridge collapse in a Pittsburgh park early Friday — before President Biden was due to arrive in the city to give remarks touting his infrastructure plan. The bridge carrying Forbes Avenue through Frick Park east of downtown gave way shortly before 7 a.m., according to a tweet from the city's Department ...

  • W.Va. project to give 'Bridge to Nowhere' a destination

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    #1 West End Bridge Pittsburgh Bridge Updated: 2019-11-25 The West End Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge over the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, approximately one mile below the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The bridge was built from 1930 to 1932 primarily by the American Bridge Company and the Foundation Company and was the world's first to use tied-arch ...

  • Sidewalk planned to cross Prattville's pedestrian 'Bridge ...

    In the spring of 2020, city crews built a pedestrian bridge, which residents began calling "the bridge to nowhere" since it lacked a sidewalk.

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    The bridge was fabricated in 1899 by the Pittsburgh Bridge Co. and erected by their agents, Nelson & Buchanan of Chambersburg. It is historically and technologically significant as a complete example of the popular Pratt truss design that dominated metal truss highway bridge construction in the late 19th century.

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  • Congestion Is a Problem, Not a Solution - The Antiplanner

    In fact, it ranges from around 9,100 miles per day in Pittsburgh to 23,500 miles per day in Los Angeles. Instead, new road construction—if it is done in the right place—releases suppressed demand. Building a bridge to nowhere is a waste of money if nothing happens after the bridge is built.

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  • Allegheny River, PA Map with Wikipedia Places

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    BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — A "Bridge to Nowhere" in southern West Virginia will have a destination in a few years. Gov. Jim Justice held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the start of work on a 3.8-mile (6.1-kilometer) addition to the King Coal Highway. The addition will make use of a bridge that was built a decade ago and dubbed the ...

  • Birmingham Bridge - Wikipedia

    The Birmingham Bridge (known during construction as the Brady Street Bridge) is a bowstring arch bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which crosses over the Monongahela River.The bridge connects East Carson Street on the South Side with Fifth and Forbes Avenues going to Uptown, Oakland, and the Hill District.It is named in honor of the English city of Birmingham and also for the neighborhood it ...

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    The phrase "bridge to nowhere" several years ago became the symbol of out-of-control earmarking of highway and transit projects by members of Congress. One of my ongoing themes is that an excellent way to bypass this kind of wasteful spending is to use the "filter" of toll financing (and better yet, long-term toll concessions).

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    At least 5 killed in massive crash on icy Texas highway involving 75 to 100 cars, police said.. The following written content via Houston Chronicle. DALLAS (AP) — At least five people were killed and dozens injured Thursday in a massive crash involving 75 to 100 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate, police said, as a winter storm dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow on parts of the U.S.

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