Veterans Bridge (Pittsburgh)
The Veterans Bridge is a steel and welded girder bridge that carries Interstate 579 over the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1988 it cost $420 million. It opened on November 11, 1988 complete with 107th National Guard howitzers firing ceremoniously from the deck, as the last link in I-579. The bridge, in length, has a main span of and is above the water.
The roadway atop the structure is seven lanes wide, with six lanes dedicated to northbound and southbound traffic and one lane designed for reversible High Occupancy Vehicle movements.
The bridge is also designated "pghe585-17".
