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Schenley Bridge is a similar arch bridge that is a few blocks north of this one.
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| Postcard via BridgeHutner |
"Significance: Schenley Park Bridge over Panther Hollow includes design
elements from the City Beautiful movement while utilizing
Pittsburgh's "native" industry: steel. An elegant three-hinged steel
arch, the bridge is a contributing structure to Phipps Conservatory
and the Schenley Park Historic District, both listed in the National
Register of Historic Places.
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HAER photo via HistoricBridges
This 640' (195m) long bridge has a main span of 260' (110m).
"This bridge is a very old and large example of steel arch technology, and is also a rare example of a three-hinged deck arch. Just as noteworthy are the bridge's stone arch approach spans. These feature the rare elliptical shape of stone arch."
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A close up of the elliptical stone arches.
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HAER PA,2-PITBU,77--2
2. Northern approach stone arch permits access to park in Panther Hollow below. - Schenley Park Bridge over Panther Hollow, Spanning Panther Hollow at Panther Hollow Road, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA |
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Steel City History posted
PITTSBURGH, THEN AND NOW 🌉 This is the Panther Hollow Bridge in Schenley Park, photographed in the early 1900s spanning the wooded ravine near what's now Carnegie Mellon University. Fast forward to today: the bridge just reopened to vehicle traffic after being closed since October 2024 for safety repairs. Same span, same hollow, generations of Pittsburghers crossing it. |
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HAER photo via BridgeHunter
Steel City History posted
This c. 1900 photo shows Schenley Park's Panther Hollow Bridge, built in 1896 to blend City Beautiful design with Pittsburgh's own signature material: steel. The bridge still carries visitors across the ravine near Phipps Conservatory today. |
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| 2012 photo by Joseph via BridgeHunter |
"The 'Panthers' by Giuseppe Moretti (1859-1935) provide the signature which easily distinguishes the pair of structures. A bronze mountain lion stands ready for the hunt at each corner of the Panther Hollow Bridge." [pghbridges]
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