John A. Roebling
(1806-1869)
Here in 1846, Roebling built the first wire rope suspension bridge to carry a highway over the Monongahela River. He also designed a bridge across the Allegheny River, a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls, & the Brooklyn Bridge.
Marker is on Smithfield Street 0.1 miles north of Carson Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
