City of Bridges: Pittsburgh’s vast infrastructure

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Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges, has a vast infrastructure that needs constant maintenance. I interviewed Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald to learn how it keeps up.

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Thanks to:
Rich Fitzgerald https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/our-pittsburgher-of-the-year-rich-fitzgerald/
Rebecca Kiernan https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/green-innovation/for-the-world/nature-of-place-symposium/nature-of-place-symposium-2020/session-4/rebecca-kiernan-msppm-leed-green-associate
The Heinz History Center https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/
Meadowcroft Rock Shelter https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/visit/meadowcroft/

Music score:
‘Moments in Time’ – Tristan Barton
‘Outrun’ – WeAreTheGood
‘Element- Instrumental’ – Frank Bentley
‘Runways’ – Stanley Gurvich
‘Descending Chamber’ – Out of Flux
‘Sunday Best’ – Steven Beddall
‘Midnight Sun’ – Beneath the Mountain
‘Ripples’ – Tamuz Dekel
‘Self Love’ – Steven Beddall

Sources:
The only city in America with an entrance [NY Times]
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/03/arts/architecture-view-a-tempered-skyline-strengthens-a-city-of-steel.html
The rise and fall of Pittsburgh steel

Rich Fitzgerald: Pittsburgher of the Year

Our Pittsburgher of the Year: Rich Fitzgerald


US Steel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel
Tunnels of Pittsburgh

Underground Pittsburgh: Explore our City of Tunnels


Old Pittsburgh photos
https://www.steelcactus.com/OLDPGH1.html
Longest automobile-carrying Lenticular bridge
https://structurae.net/en/structures/bridges/lenticular-bridges
NTSB Fern Hollow Bridge collapse video report

Three sisters bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(Pittsburgh)
Steel, Man’s Servant – 1938
https://www.c-span.org/video/?450280-1/steel-mans-servant-1938
Pittsburgh pop chart
https://population.us/pa/pittsburgh/
Pittsburgh stock exchange
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_AIOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Vm0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh%20stock%20exchange&pg=4753%2C2995935
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (wiki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Investment_and_Jobs_Act
House vote
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369
Senate vote
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00314.htm#state
First $132 in Pitt bridge funding

Tribune-Review: 3 major Pittsburgh bridges set to get $132M in renovations


Aurora: Pioneering the Future of Autonomous Driving
https://www.pghtech.org/news-and-publications/Aurora_2
Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes
https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/green-innovation/at-phipps/center-for-sustainable-landscapes-greenest-building-museum-garden-in-the-world
Carnegie Mellon program rankings
https://www.cmu.edu/ambassadors/december-2022/report-ranking.html
UPMC Medical Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_Medical_Center
Allegheny County population
https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/pa/allegheny-county-population
Allegheny County analytics

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This is the only city in America with an entrance: Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges.
Nestled in the rugged terrain of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh lies at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, giving birth to the mighty Ohio.
Three sisters Roberto Clemente, artist Andy Warhol, and conservationist Rachel Carson.
Today, a total of 446 bridges exist in the city of Pittsburgh
City of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow bridge
County Executive, Rich Fitzgerald
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Marcellus Shale – the largest natural gas find
The University of Pittsburgh Oakland, Schenley Park Phipps Conservatory, is home to the Center for Sustainable Landscapes–the first and only building to meet seven of the highest green certifications Carnegie Mellon University ranked number one in engineering, robotics, and computer science Robotics, AI, software Pitt medical technology, the biotechnology, the life sciences
autonomous vehicle sector Aurora driverless trucking product on a route between Houston and Dallas ‘Robotics Row’
Googles, the Facebooks, the Microsofts
Great Allegheny Passage C&O Canal trail in Maryland along the Potomac and can take you all the way into Washington DC
drop in air pollution electric transit buses Pittsburgh International airport
Lochs and dams, as the water goes over it’s going to turn a turbine. It’s going to generate electricity for our lights and for our buildings–whether it’s the jail, whether it’s our nursing homes, whether it’s our county office building – the courthouse – all of the various things that we operate. Net zero parks

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42 COMMENTS

  1. Thanks for visiting our city! I hope you had a lovely time! I really enjoyed this mini doc and have been awaiting it since you mentioned it was on the way!

  3. I hate driving in Pittsburgh… if you’re not a local, you’re screwed. Come out of a tunnel and you have about a 1/4 mile to decide which ramp you need… it’s a zoo of expressways and truly a maze. Not to mention the traffic.. omg!

  5. Is this an advertorial?
    Pittsburgh is drowning in poverty, crime and misery.
    According to the Pittsburgh Foundation, about one-third of Pittsburgh's population lives in poverty. 
    Half of Downtown Pittsburgh office space could be empty in 4 years.
    Blue cities are recently making a huge PR effort, to picture themselves as livable.
    The truth is, where Democrats touch, nothing survives.

  7. Pittsburgh is a hidden gem and forgotten economic powerhouse of America that no one thinks about…. A half a year ago, I had never seen a video pop up on my YouTube, but in the last half year or so it seems like so many more videos covering the city have started to be made, and the revolations and unveilings of the city make it hard not to click and watch…

  9. More than international pressure . The American steel industry invested almost nothing into innovation and upkeep in their existing mills . They just couldn’t keep up as time went on

  11. Funny how dude spent 3 seconds talking about shale gas and NGL production contributing to the revitalization of the city. There is a reason why it was the first thing his interviewee mentioned.

  14. Thanks for visiting! I’ll add that Mr. Fitzgerald, after being term-limited out of office, is now head of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission — our region’s official Metropolitan Planning Organization. He will continue to have an impact on the Pittsburgh area’s transportation plans for years to come.

  19. You should not be making this a political issue, UNLESS you want to discuss the FULL so-called "Infrastructure Bill" and EVERYTHING that was in it and why some people may have voted No on that particular Bill or version of it. To just say "Democrats Good" and "Republicans Bad" (as if Republicans are against good bridges) is just dumb, shallow and dishonest. Please try and do better next time.

  20. Being from the Pittsburgh area I never thought of it as how big and how many people used to live here and how much money in taxes leaves but all the infrastructure stays.

  21. Overall, great video. One area I wished he touched on more was how car-oriented development contributed to the deterioration of the infrastructure. Cities built for cars are inherently inefficient and unsustainable. This design eventually leads to the bankruptcy of cities. The focus for reviving these cities should be on people-oriented development, not car-oriented. Cities should design dense, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, with access to transit and bike lanes. This kind of development leads to sustainable and thriving cities.

  30. As a Penguins fan in Canada I have always wanted to go to Pittsburgh (wow big dreams eh?) but it would be cool to visit Pittsburgh and walk across a bunch of these bridges. And also, from this video, I never knew how beautiful it is. Nice city.

  32. I don’t understand why you had to bring politics into such a great video. You say only one republican voted for the bill but you give no context as to why. For a content creator that’s so informative. No I’m not Republican or Democrat. But it’s really tiring to see political party bashing in every day life. It’s a beautiful video about bridges bro. The bill got passed. It was really unnecessary.

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