This sample package includes the Fort Duquesne Bridge. It is a double deck bridge at the Point on the Allegheny River and is marked in the photos.
This is a sample only of the full payware package and the photos show some of the other bridges in the full package. The payware package is available at SimMarket at https://secure.simmarket.com/rkbridger-pittsburgh-bridges-msfs.phtml
Pittsburgh in the south western corner of Pennsylvania, USA, is known as the “City of Bridges”, the “Steel City”, and “The Gateway to the West”. It is a very scenic city at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River which forms the Ohio River running west to the Mississippi.
MSFS2020 is a huge leap forward for flight simulator scenery but, the bridges are still awful, particularly over large rivers and where bridges are a dominant feature of a city. The full package fixes that for Pittsburgh.
The payware package includes 21 bridges on the 3 rivers around the point of confluence which is beside the Pittsburgh city center, from McKees Rocks on the Ohio, to the Hot Metal Bridge at South Oakland on the Monogahela, to the 40th Street Bridge at Lawrenceville on the Allegheny. All the default bridges have been replaced with individually and accurately modeled bridges with night lighting to realistically represent the real world. Many of these are iconic steel bridges with unique designs and some are on the National Historic Register.
sorry, too pricey
2 years ago
Keane
I would buy it, but not for $15 bucks. By comparison competitors have scenery packs for the city of Chicago that include a lot of bridge fixes along with road fixes and new buildings for the SAME PRICE. As a life long sales guy, let me give you a tip. If you lower the individual unit cost you will move much more inventory. If this bridge pack was $5 bucks you would probably sell 10x the number of units than you are at $15. Work on your prices and I will buy your New York and Pittsburgh packages. If you did a Baltimore package where you fixed the port cranes and bridges I would buy that too.
3 years ago
Hi Belthorian
It seems our sales philosophies differ. I also have decades of experience and have managed dozens of sales guys.
I believe in selling at a fair price based on the work involved and compared to the products I have bought (not just seen advertised). My bridges are all individually handcrafted not computer auto generated or taken from libraries. A comparison might be Ikea furniture to handmade bespoke furniture. We would all like bespoke at Ikea prices.
Also my products will never go on sale as this is unfair to the customers who have bought at the normal price.
Unfortunately no-one can please everyone but I will try to be fair to everyone.
Good luck with your simming!
3 years ago
mngydg
Belthorian
I hope you are planning to do St-Louis bridges in a near future.
3 years ago
Yes, St Louis is in the plans. Unfortunately each bridge has to be modeled individually so it takes a lot of time. But I hope to get there!
3 years ago
mngydg
AVCORP
Wow, I'm very please to see that. I love Pittsburg and it will so much better with all bridges. Thanks.
3 years ago
AVCORP
Thanks for these bridges. The city of bridges needed these... The way the sim draws them is absolutely terrible... Being my home, I fly a lot in Pittsburgh... Can't wait to download the free bridge and fly just above them... Wish I could afford payware.... I also believe the community offers great talent, skill, and offerings that takes ample time to do and surely is enjoyed, giving back in the freeware environment is a way of just saying THANKS.... Too much PAYWARE in this game....
3 years ago
mcguire_l1234
Thank you so much. Went right out and bought the full package. Also have NYC too. Love your work - makes SUCH a big difference. Keep up the great work.
What city is next!?
If you ever take requests, I'd love to see The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge further up the Hudson from the Tappan-Zee (sorry M.. Cuomo) 😉
3 years ago
Glad you like the bridges. Thanks for your support.
I have looked at the rest of the bridges up the Hudson and hope to get to them.
3 years ago
mngydg
VFXSimmer
This is fantastic! I live in Pittsburgh and fly there all the time. Pittsburgh looks great except for the bridges. Really lose the immersion especially in VR. Your addon changes everything! And I was thinking about making a mod to fix the bridges, I looked into it and found some models and then saw what it would take, and yes its a tremendous amount of work. I purchased your addon and its awesome! Excellent work. Well worth the money, at least to me, since I literally fly in PGH almost every day.
3 years ago
Thanks. Comments like yours keep me motivated. Much appreciated.
3 years ago
mngydg
UkieGeno
I love your work on the bridges. However if you brought your payware packages under $10 and also make them available on US flightsim sites as the exchange rate increases the cost, I would purchase all of them but they are currently cost prohibitive compared to ORBX and other developers based on what you are getting
3 years ago
Sorry you feel that way, but there is a reason very few bridge mods are out there. They are a tremendous amount of work.
Enjoy the sim!
3 years ago
mngydg
ibelarry