The Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Union Railroad across the Monongahela River between Duquesne, Pennsylvania and the former town site of Port Perry in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.[1][2] Industrial pipelines adorn the bridge, conveying coke oven gas produced at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works to the company's Edgar Thomson Steel Works near the north end of the bridge for use as fuel.
Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°23′17″N 79°51′08″W / 40.3880°N 79.8522°W |
| Carries | Pennsylvania Union Railroad |
| Crosses | Monongahela River |
| Locale | North Versailles, Pennsylvania and Duquesne, Pennsylvania |
| Other name(s) | Union Railroad Hot Metal Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Longest span | 378 feet (115 m) |
| Clearance below | 55.2 feet (16.8 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1898 |
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References
edit- ^ "Union Railroad | Port Perry, Pennsylvania | MP15 17 and 13 | Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge | April 9, 2002 | Dick Flock photograph | National Railway Historical Society, Inc". nrhs.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "PA CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS". www.pacfteamsters.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
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