The Manchester Bridge, also known as the North Side Point Bridge, was a steel Pratt truss bridge that spanned the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
21. Charles W. Shane, Photographer, April 1970. VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST. HAER PA,2 PITBU,59 21
Fred Rogers memorial statue, north bank footing, Manchester Bridge
Pittsburgh Tenth Street Bridge from Bluff downsteam
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Controlled Demolition, Inc. is a controlled demolition firm headquartered in Phoenix, Maryland. The firm was founded by Jack Loizeaux who used dynamite to remove tree stumps in the Baltimore, Maryland
Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh)
…1970. The original attempt eleven hours earlier had been unsuccessful when five of the eight charges failed to detonate. Demolition was subcontracted to Controlled Demolition by Dravo Corporation and was overseen by John D. Loizeaux. Less than a month later on October 28, the north span was brought down the same way, this…
Demolition of steel and concrete girders of the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge, 1990
Implosion of the Kingdome, 2000