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Data containing examples of Pittsburgh bridges and the relevant surrounding area.

Usage

bridges

Format

A data frame with 108 observations on the following 13 variables.

  • identif

    • identifier of the examples

  • river

    • A, M, O, Y

  • location

    • Location of Bridge

  • erected

    • Year built

  • purpose

    • WALK, AQUEDUCT, RR, HIGHWAY

  • length

    • 804 - 4558

  • lanes

    • 1, 2, 4, 6

  • clear_g

    • N, G

  • t_or_d

    • THROUGH, DECK

  • material

    • WOOD, IRON, STEEL

  • span

    • SHORT, MEDUIM, LONG

  • rel_l

    • S, S-F, F

  • type

    • WOOD, SUSPEN, SIMPLE-T, ARCH, CANTILEV, CONT-T

Source

Yoram Reich & Steven J. Fenves Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Design Research Center Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Details

This data set is non-discretized, meaning the numeric properties were left intact.