{"id":2652,"date":"2012-08-09T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T22:54:19","slug":"circa-1920-the-1877-point-bridge-monangahela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/09\/circa-1920-the-1877-point-bridge-monangahela\/","title":{"rendered":"1877 Point Bridge across the Mon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/circa-1920-the-1877-point-bridge-monangahela\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 539px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"539\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 539px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"539\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/09\/circa-1920-the-1877-point-bridge-monangahela\/attachment\/2653\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"535\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2653\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8gl2rfIwy1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,860\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Pittsburgh Post-Gazette&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Title: 1877 Point Bridge\\rSlug: TumblrHTY_1877PointBridge\\rThe Digs\\rDescription: The 1877 Point Bridge was in operation from 1877-1924; a new Point Bridge, built adjacent to the 1877 Point Bridge, was opened in 1927. The Fort Pitt Bridge replaced the \\u0022new\\u0022 Point Bridge and is still in use today. This photograph is believed to be from the early 20th century. \\rPlace: Downtown Pittsburgh\\rDate: c. early 1920s\\rRights: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\\rCreator:&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1877 Point Bridge&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Title: 1877 Point Bridge&lt;br \/&gt; Slug: TumblrHTY_1877PointBridge&lt;br \/&gt; The Digs&lt;br \/&gt; Description: The 1877 Point Bridge was in operation from 1877-1924; a new Point Bridge, built adjacent to the 1877 Point Bridge, was opened in 1927. The Fort Pitt Bridge replaced the &#8220;new&#8221; Point Bridge and is still in use today. This photograph is believed to be from the early 20th century.&lt;br \/&gt; Place: Downtown Pittsburgh&lt;br \/&gt; Date: c. early 1920s&lt;br \/&gt; Rights: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette&lt;br \/&gt; Creator:&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8gl2rfIwy1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8gl2rfIwy1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C538&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8gl2rfIwy1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=535&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"535\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"535\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 535px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Circa 1920<\/em>:<\/strong> The 1877 Point Bridge crossed the <a href=\"http:\/\/pghbridges.com\/pittsburghW\/0583-4477\/point1877.htm\">Monongahela River<\/a> at mile 0\u00a0and was in operation from 1877 until 1924.<\/p>\n<p>In 1927, it was replaced by the new Point Bridge. The new Point Bridge was in use for more than 30 years until the Fort Pitt Bridge replaced it in 1959.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Post-Gazette photo)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating history of the Point Bridge<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/09\/circa-1920-the-1877-point-bridge-monangahela\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>1877 Point Bridge across the Mon<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[945],"tags":[975,958,1024,972,1038,1040,1046],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8gl2rfIwy1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C860&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1992,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/03\/06\/why-there-are-no-more-rock-concerts-in-point-state-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":2652,"position":0},"title":"Why there are no more rock concerts in Point State Park","date":"March 6, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The story behind these photographs of bridge jumpers could have had a happy ending. 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