West End Bridge

Strengthening Pittsburgh's Connection: Artful Pathways, Bridging Communities

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Riverlife has brought El Dorado on board to lead a new project in relation to Pittsburgh's West End Bridge. The new project creates accessible connections leading to the West End Bridge from the Manchester-Chateau and West End Neighborhoods. This critical infrastructure design aims to introduce key enhancements and multimodal improvements to the historic bridge structure. Riverlife is entering into significant planning work to develop this infrastructure. The plan seeks to create accessible, safe, artful structures and paths that connect the historic bridge to the surrounding communities and regional trail networks, improve destinations at the base of the bridge for parks, art and recreational opportunities, and improving the overall cross-bridge experience. El Dorado's approach to integrating disparate disciplines to execute complex assignments aligns perfectly with Riverlife's vision for inclusive, sustainable, artful infrastructure that will reconnect and reshape the riverfronts around the West End Bridge. Bridging the West End Gap will include significant and critical partnerships with land owners, ALCOSAN, PennDOT and the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and communities along either side of the bridge, among others.
  • In Design
  • Architect
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • 3 structures at each end of the bridge in varying sizes

Client

  • Riverlife

Eldo Team

  • David Dowell * Steve Salzer
  • Chris Burk
  • Daniel Renner * Steven Capoccia * Brock Traffas

Collaborators

  • Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti * Mobility: Buro Happold
  • Civil Engineer: Langan
  • Lighting Designer: Derek Porter Studio * Surveying: Scitek * Art Consulting: Sans facon * Landscape: Merritt Chase * Cultural Resources: Christine Davis * Cost Estimating: Trophy Point

Press

  • Next Pittsburgh, Roman Hladio, “[Riverlife Reveals Revamped West End Bridge Walkway Designs] (https://nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/riverlife-reveals-revamped-west-end-bridge-walkway-designs/)”, 2024 * Next Pittsburgh, Roman Hladio, “[Riverlife Unveils Options to Improve Pedestrian Access to West End Bridge] (https://nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/riverlife-unveils-options-to-improve-pedestrian-access-to-west-end-bridge/)”, 2023 * Tib Live, Julia Felton, “[Pittsburgh’s West End Bridge to See Accessibility Improvements] (https://triblive.com/local/pittsburghs-west-end-bridge-to-see-accessibility-improvements/)”, 2023

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