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Photos: Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park

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1 Min Read • Jan. 28, 2022 | 4 years Ago
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Courtesy of David Sanchez
An aerial view of the Fern Hollow Bridge which collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Courtesy of David Sanchez
An aerial view of the Fern Hollow Bridge which collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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President Joe Biden visits the site where the Fern Hollow Bridge bridge collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Pittsburgh.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Courtesy of David Sanchez
An aerial view of the Fern Hollow Bridge which collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Workers lower a stretcher as they search for injured drivers after the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Emergency workers navigate debris at the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse along Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapse along Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapse along Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety
A view of the bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapse along Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapsed near Forbes and South Braddock avenues in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapse along Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
A bridge collapse along Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Jason Cato | Tribune-Review
Photos taken from the trail below where a bridge carrying Forbes Avenue over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed Friday morning. Jan. 28, 2022. Multiple vehicles were on the span.
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Jason Cato | Tribune-Review
Photos taken from the trail below where a bridge carrying Forbes Avenue over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed Friday morning. Jan. 28, 2022. Multiple vehicles were on the span.
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Courtesy of Greg Barnhisel
An articulated Port Authority bus was among the vehicles that were trapped when a bridge carrying Forbes Avenue over Fern Hollow Creek in Frick Park collapsed on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Courtesy of David Sanchez
An aerial view of the Fern Hollow Bridge which collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Courtesy of David Sanchez
An aerial view of the Fern Hollow Bridge which collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Courtesy of David Sanchez
An aerial view of the Fern Hollow Bridge which collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald looks over the damage from the edge of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse on Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Lt. Governor John Fetterman records near the edge of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse before President Joe Biden visited the site on Forbes Avenue near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
A car is stopped just short of the collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge on Forbes Avenue before emergency crews cleaned up the roadway near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.

At least 10 people were injured Friday when a bridge carrying Forbes Avenue over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed, sending a Port Authority bus and several other vehicles into a ravine below, authorities said.

Tribune-Review reporters and photographers captured the damage from all angles Friday morning. Witnesses on the scene also provided early images as well as drone footage.

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