40.3 ft (12.3 m) above Emsworth Dam normal pool level (710 ft (220 m) above sea level)
History
Opened
November 26, 1926; 97 years ago (November 26, 1926)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
NRHP reference No.
86000019
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
January 7, 1986
Designated PHLF
1988[1]
Location
The Rachel Carson Bridge, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Named for the naturalist and author Rachel Carson, a Pittsburgh native, it is one of three parallel bridges called the Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the Andy Warhol Bridge. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are significant because they are the only trio of nearly identical bridges—as well as the first self-anchored suspension spans—built in the United States.
The total length of the Rachel Carson Bridge is 840 feet (260 m) including the 410-foot (120 m) main span and two 215-foot (66 m) side spans, or 995 feet (303 m) including the approaches. The total width of the deck is 62 feet (19 m), including the 38-foot (12 m) roadway plus two 10-foot (3.0 m) sidewalks outside the compressive plate girder. Whereas the roadway formerly carried two vehicle lanes and two streetcar tracks, it was changed to carry four wide vehicle lanes. The 2019-2020 refurbishment reduced the lanes to three.
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book...
Picklesburgh festival took place on July 17 and 18, 2015, on the RachelCarsonBridge in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Organized by the Pittsburgh...
The RachelCarson Homestead is a National Register of Historic Places site that is located in Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States, eighteen miles...
one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the RachelCarsonBridge. The Three Sisters are...
that form the Roberto Clemente Bridge, Andy Warhol Bridge and RachelCarsonBridge. It passes the 16th Street Bridge, and goes straight through the Strip...
The RachelCarson Trail is a 45.7-mile (73.5 km) hiking trail in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its western terminus is in the suburban...
The bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city's transportation system. Without bridges, the Pittsburgh region would be a series of fragmented...
St Bridge) connects 7th Street Downtown to Sandusky Street on the North Shore at the Andy Warhol Museum RachelCarsonBridge (formerly 9th St Bridge) connects...
and author who managed the publications of much of environmentalist RachelCarson's writings, as well as the first book by civil rights activist Martin...
RachelCarson Playground, also known as Silent Spring Playground, is a park located in Flushing, Queens, New York City. It is located across the street...
Riverfront Park located at the Allegheny riverfront, RachelCarsonBridge to Fort Duquesne Bridge. The park was commissioned in the early 1990s when the...
Steelers win Super Bowl XL. April 22: The Ninth Street Bridge is renamed the RachelCarsonBridge. July 9: All-Star Futures Game and the Taco Bell All-Star...
This is a list of current bridges and other crossings of the Allegheny River starting from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it joins the Monongahela to...
multicolored LED lights positioned along the RachelCarsonBridge in Pittsburgh, PA. The vertical cables of the bridge show a real-time visualization of wind...
Railroad Bridge, listed as the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge on the National Register of Historic Places, is a double-deck steel truss railroad bridge spanning...
Science Center and the Three Sisters bridges—Roberto Clemente Bridge, Andy Warhol Bridge, and RachelCarsonBridge. The park, which also skirts Heinz Field...
2001 Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Street Bridges. (Roberto Clemente Bridge; Andy Warhol Bridge; RachelCarsonBridge) 1926–28 Allegheny County Department...
overlooking the Allegheny River. It crosses RachelCarson Run, via a wooden arch bridge above RachelCarson Falls, which meanders below the Ox Roast grove...
married Rachel in 1953, and she was his partner until her death in 2000. In 2002, Jelley married Jean, whom he had met through playing bridge, and between...
been shaped directly by RachelCarson, whose talent she rhapsodizes about in the Introduction to the 2018 edition of Carson’s 1951 best-seller, The Sea...
Tonight Show appearance, Johnny Carson related how the actor took him back to a restaurant the two had dined at previously. Carson had been led to believe he...
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