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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge abstract "The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel tied arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as "The Bridge to Nowhere". It was constructed from 1958-1963 by PennDOT, and opened for traffic October 17, 1969 with its predecessor Manchester Bridge (located closer to the tip of Point State Park) closing that same day (it was demolished in the autumn of 1970). The bridge was given the name "The Bridge to Nowhere" because the main span was finished in 1963, but due to delays in acquiring right of ways for the northern approach ramps, it did not connect on the north side of the Allegheny River. The total cost was budgeted at $5 million in 1962. The lack of approach ramps meant the bridge ended in midair, rendering it useless. The northwestern ramps were completed in 1969, allowing access to Pennsylvania Route 65. The northeastern ramps were completed in 1986, with the construction of the northern section of Interstate 279 (North Shore Expressway) which runs through Downtown Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle and north towards Interstate 79.The bridge touches down halfway between Heinz Field and PNC Park Baseball Stadium on the City's North Shore.On December 12, 1964, Frederick Williams, a 21-year-old chemistry major at the University of Pittsburgh, drove a 1959 Chrysler station wagon off the end of the bridge and landed unhurt on the other side. His adventure is documented in WQED-TV's 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.On October 10, 1974 a milk truck flipped over on the bridge.".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge bridgeCarries "8 lanes (4 upper, 4 lower) of".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge bridgeCarries "Pedestrian Walkway on downriver side of the lower deck".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge crosses Allegheny_River.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge locatedInArea Pittsburgh.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge mainspan "130.0".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge maintainedBy Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge openingDate "1969-10-17".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge openingYear "1969".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge thumbnail Fort_Duquesne_Bridge.jpg?width=300.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge type Tied-arch_bridge.
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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageID "3391428".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageLength "4664".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageOutDegree "44".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageRevisionID "679796986".
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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bridges_in_Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania.
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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Heinz_Field.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Interstate_279.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Interstate_79.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink List_of_crossings_of_the_Allegheny_River.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Manchester_Bridge_(Pittsburgh).
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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Pennsylvania_Route_65.
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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Fort Duquesne Bridge".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge alsoKnownAs "The Bridge To Nowhere".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge bridge "Fort Duquesne Bridge".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge bridgeName "Fort Duquesne Bridge".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge bridgeSigns "25".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge carries "8".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge carries "Pedestrian Walkway on downriver side of the lower deck".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge crosses Allegheny_River.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge design "Double-decked Bowstring Arch bridge".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge downstream Manchester_Bridge_(Pittsburgh).
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge downstreamSigns "demolished".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge hasPhotoCollection Fort_Duquesne_Bridge.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge lat "40.4443".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge locale Pittsburgh.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge locale Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge long "-80.0093".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge maint "PennDOT, FAJ".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge material "steel".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge officialName "Fort Duquesne Bridge".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge open "1969-10-17".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge piersinwater "4".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge place Allegheny_River.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge replaces Manchester_Bridge_(Pittsburgh).
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge structure "Bridges".
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge upstream Roberto_Clemente_Bridge.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge upstream "One of the Three Sisters".
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- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge subject Category:Bridges_in_Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge subject Category:Bridges_over_the_Allegheny_River.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge subject Category:Road_bridges_in_Pennsylvania.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge subject Category:Tied_arch_bridges.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge hypernym Steel.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Fort_Duquesne_Bridge type Bridge.