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Mechanic Street Bridge

Covered bridge · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

U.S. Engineer Office photograph showing the Sixteenth Street bridge from the river bank. The bridge was a wooden covered structure, originally built in 1837. Th
U.S. Engineer Office photograph showing the Sixteenth Street bridge from the river bank. The bridge was a wooden covered structure, originally built in 1837. Th · American / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Mechanic Street Bridge is a covered bridge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, described in its record as former bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 5 of them in Allegheny County.

It was built in 1923, in the interwar years, making it the 127th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Allegheny River.

Current sources show this covered bridge no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The covered bridge opened in 1838, burned in 1851 and was rebuilt, was partly washed away in 1865, and burned in 1919. The steel arch 16th Street (David McCullough) Bridge replaced it in 1923, so the year here is the replacement's. It stands at 40.4516° N, 79.9908° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1923
CrossesAllegheny River
Coordinates40.45160, -79.99075

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Questions

Where is Mechanic Street Bridge?

Mechanic Street Bridge is in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at 40.4516, -79.9908.

How many covered bridges are in Allegheny County?

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has 5 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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