PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD

While there are plenty of bridges spanning Pittsburgh’s three rivers, there used to be even more. (What — like we were gonna make our horses go around the corner?)

From 1915-70, the Manchester Bridge connected Point State Park to the North Side, terminating just south of modern-day Acrisure Stadium; a piece of the structure remains and is home to the Fred Rogers statue, “A Tribute to Children.”

PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD

On either end of the bygone bridge, artist Charles Keck crafted a pair of impressive sculptures; thanks to the efforts of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, those creations were preserved when the bridge was demolished.

For decades, they stood in the courtyard of the “Old Post Office,” the building now home to the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, as part of an “artifact garden and performing arts court,” as the Foundation called the space. Later, the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to store the sculptures; it was the team’s idea to place one of the sculptures near Acrisure Stadium.

PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD

Now facing the river not far from its former location, the hulking sculpture depicts frontiersman Christopher Gist and Guyasuta, the Native American leader pivotal to the Seneca people and their dealings (and conflicts) with white settlers in the 1700s.

PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD

Guyasuta and Gist peer out from either side of the Pittsburgh city seal on the dramatic structure — an essential stop on any stroll through the many memorials and statues that dot the North Shore.

Find It!

Near the intersection of North Shore Drive and Art Rooney Avenue, North Shore