Vernon R. Covell was an American engineer. He was chief engineer of the Allegheny County Public Works Department.
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Works include:
- Armstrong Tunnel, between Forbes and Second Aves. at S. Tenth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Liberty Bridge, over the Monongahela River Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- McKees Rocks Bridge, LR 76, Spur 2, over Ohio River at Bellevue Bellevue, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Rachel Carson Bridge, Allegheny River at Ninth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Andy Warhol Bridge, Allegheny River at Seventh St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Roberto Clemente Bridge, Allegheny River at Sixth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- South Tenth Street Bridge, Monongahela River at S. Tenth St. Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, Vernon R.), NRHP-listed[1]
- George Westinghouse Bridge, over the Turtle Creek Valley (Covell, Vernon R.)[2]
His leadership and relative contribution vis-a-vis others in one design project is discussed in a HAER document.[3]
He was author of "The Bridge-Raising Program on the Allegheny River in Allegheny County," an article in the Proceedings of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania 41 (1925): 83, and author of "Erecting a Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge—Seventh Street Bridge at Pittsburgh," in the Engineering News-Record 97 (1926): 502.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Barker, Richard M.; Puckett, Jay A. (2013). Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118330104.
- ^ a b pa3845 Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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