Shows main plate girder (bearing compressive forces) and sidewalk support.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/HAER///PBG///7thStreet///361498pv.jpg) Name: Andy Warhol Bridge
Official Name: Andy Warhol Bridge
Named For: Andy Warhol
Coordinates: 40.44611°N, -80.00139°W
Carries: Seventh Street
Crosses: Allegheny River
Maint: Allegheny County
Design: Suspension bridge
Length: 1061 ft
Width: 62 ft Vertical clearance above 78 ft towers
Height: 83.5 ft
Builder: American Bridge Company
Begin: 1925
Complete: 1926
Open: June 17, 1926
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Andy Warhol Bridge, also known as the Seventh Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh. It is the only bridge in the United States named for a visual artist. It was opened at a cost of $1.5 million on June 17, 1926, in a ceremony attended by 2,000.

History and architectural features

Named for the artist Andy Warhol, a Pittsburgh native, this structure is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the Rachel Carson Bridge. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are historically 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 bridge was renamed for Warhol on March 18, 2005, as part of the tenth-anniversary celebration for the Andy Warhol Museum. The museum is nearby at 117 Sandusky Street, a street which leads to the bridge from the north side of the river on Pittsburgh's North Shore. On August 11, 2013, the Andy Warhol Bridge was covered with 580 knitted and crocheted panels in a yarn bombing project known as Knit the Bridge that lasted for four weeks. This is the third bridge on the site, the first having been demolished in early 1884. Construction of its replacement began in 1884, opening to traffic in 1887.

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