McKees Rocks Bridge

McKees Rocks Bridge
Coordinates 40°28′37″N 80°02′56″W / 40.47704°N 80.0489°W / 40.47704; -80.0489Coordinates: 40°28′37″N 80°02′56″W / 40.47704°N 80.0489°W / 40.47704; -80.0489
Carries SR 3104 / Blue Belt
3 lanes of roadway
Crosses Ohio River
Locale McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
Design Through arch bridge
Total length 7,293 feet (2,223 m)
Longest span 750 feet (228.6 m)
Clearance below 100 feet (30 m)
History
Opened 1931
McKees Rocks Bridge
Location SR 3104 over Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Built 1931
Architect Covell, V. R.
Architectural style Other
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88002168
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 14, 1988[1]
Designated PHLF 2003[2]

The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Brown Belt across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, west of Pittsburgh.

At 7,293 feet (2,223 m) long, it is the longest bridge in Allegheny County.[3]

Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  3. ↑ Rotenstein, David S. (1997). "McKee's Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ "McKees Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
The McKees Rocks Bridge from Island Avenue in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. This stretch of the bridge was the successor to the O'Donovan Bridge, which ran from Island Avenue to the "Bottoms" of McKees Rocks from 1904 to 1931.
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