The Fort Pitt Bridge is a steel, double decker bowstring arch bridge that spans the Monongahela River near its confluence with the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It carries Interstate 376 (formerly Interstate 279) between the Fort Pitt Tunnel and Downtown Pittsburgh. It was the world's first computer designed bowstring arch bridge.
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