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/ou...
Rebecca Kiernan https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/g...
The Heinz History Center https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/
Meadowcroft Rock Shelter https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/vi...

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

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Longest automobilecarrying Lenticular bridge
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   • NTSB Animation – Overview of the coll...  
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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