Some 2007 pictures on Pittsburgh South Side's Hot Metal Bridge, now a Rails to Trail bridge

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The Hot Metal Bridge was a Bridge the connected two sections of the old Jones and Laughlin Steel Mill in Pittsburgh. On one side was the open heath furnaces, on the other side the processing plant. The Hot metal Bridge was the train that took the hot metal from the open Heaths for further processing on the other side of the River. Parallel to it ran another railroad. When the Mill was closed down and torn down in the 1980s the Bridges were left standing. The old Railroad bridge was converted to Automobile use a few years ago, now they have finished the smaller (in width) Hot Metal bridge for pedestrians and bicyclists:

View of the Bridge from the South side:


View of "Hot Metal Street" or 29th Street on the South Side from the first bend in the ramp to the Bridge from the South Side:


A view of the trail on the South Side from the Bridge:


Look at the old pier for the Bridge, it use to curve into the old South Side J&L Plant:


The bridge Looking North:


The bridge on the North Side of the Bridge, as it crosses Second avenue to the Trial on the old B&O Commuter line to Pittsburgh:

The Actual Bridge across Second Avenue:


Second Avenue from the Bridge above it:



The bridge from the North Side of the River (Yes, it looks just like the view from the South Side of the River):


A view from the Bridge as it Crosses the Monongahela River Looking North To Downtown Pittsburgh:



A view looking on the North Shore of the River:


Ramps from the Bridge to the Trail on the North Shore of the River:


Picture showing the Bridge Across Second Avenue And the ramp down to Second Avenue on the left:





Railroad on the North Shore:


View looking SOUTH or up steam of the River, your view is partial blocked by the Parallel old Railroad Bridge now a Automobile Bridge:


For more see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Metal_Bridge

More on the Hot Metal Bridge:
http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000624HotHistory8.asp
http://www.pghbridges.com/articles/haer/moncon_main_HAER_PA277C/monconhotmet_HAER_PA277C.htm