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US Department of Transportation commits $25.3 million to replace Pittsburgh's collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge

PITTSBURGH —The U.S. Department of Transportation has committed $25.3 million to the replacement of the Fern Hollow Bridge, which collapsed Friday into a ravine below it in Frick Park.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022

Collapsed Pittsburgh bridge was hailed as 'one of the country's best new bridges' in 1974

PITTSBURGH — The Fern Hollow Bridge in Frick Park was built over 14 months in 1972 and 1973 for $1.2 million, replacing a 70-year-old bridge that was closed because it was deemed "hazardous" and to have "extreme deterioration," according to stories at the time.

Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2022