I recall reading a LOOK magazine article back in the early 1960s (or LIFE, and maybe it was the late 1950s) that said New York City had 88 bridges. In all my years of collecting bridge facts, I have never come across that magazine article again. Obviously I am sorry that I was not keeping all printed references back then.

I have built a note card encyclopedia on bridges with about 80,000 note cards filed. I have no idea how many cards have yet to get filed. Someday I hope to have enough file cabinets to make retrival easier.

Good luck with your research. ALAN VIEWIG
Portland OREGON
503-223-2526 (not on a machine)

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After Venice, Pittsburgh boasts the most number of bridges in a city.

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I have heard that Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city in the world. Just how many bridges are there in Pittsburgh?
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First we must define what we call a "bridge". We will use the National Bridge Inspection Standard (NBIS) definition of a structure length of 20 feet or greater. Defining what is meant by "Pittsburgh" is more problematic. Pittsburgh is composed of a large number of small communities that are unified by the city's bridges. What people generally consider "the 'burgh" is a larger area than simply the confines of the city limits. It is appropriate to consider greater Pittsburgh as consisting of Allegheny County.
Next there is the issue of ownership. Various authorities have ownership of individual bridges in the Pittsburgh area. The breakdown is as follows:

Allegheny County: 186
City of Pittsburgh: 74
State owned: 565
Others, including other towns and the Port authority: 119

Thus, there is a total of 944 highway bridges in greater Pittsburgh (Allegheny County). This does not include railroad bridges.
No matter how ya' cut it, there are a heck of a lot of bridges in Pittsburgh.

Surely it is Venice

Surely it is Venice

1. Hamburg, Germany
2. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3. Venice, Italy

I know that the answer is not the United States. This is for a class for extra credit and the teacher has told us that much. I need to find out the city and country. Thanks for your help.

...And that is why Pittsburgh is called "the city of many bridges/boats"
Also we have allll these bridges because there's three looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong rivers.
& Google can tell you alot.
Haha.