The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt, Pittsburgh's innermost beltline, across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, connecting Pennsylvania Route 65 with Pennsylvania Route 51, west of the city.
McKees Rocks Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′37″N 80°02′56″W / 40.47704°N 80.0489°W |
| Carries |  SR 3104 /  Blue Belt3 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 | |
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| Location | SR 3104 over Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Vernon R. Covell |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002168 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 1988[2] |
| Designated PHLF | 2003[1] |
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History and architectural features
editAt 7,293 feet (2,223 m) long, this historic bridge is the longest bridge in Allegheny County.[3]
Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[2][4]
The stretch of the bridge from Island Avenue was the successor to the O'Donovan Bridge, which ran from Island Avenue to the "Bottoms" of McKees Rocks from 1904 to 1931.
See also
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McKee's Rocks Bridge
References
edit- ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Rotenstein, David S. (1997). "McKee's Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ "McKees Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to McKees Rocks Bridge.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-445, "McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA", 17 photos, 15 data pages
- McKees Rocks Bridge at HistoricBridges.org