Crosses Beaver River Opened 1926 Longest span 67 m Bridge type Truss bridge | Design Steel truss bridge Total length 372 m Location New Brighton Body of water Beaver River | |
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Locale New Brighton, Pennsylvania Similar Fallston Bridge, Eastvale Bridge, Rochester‑Beaver Railroad Bridge, Merrick Art Gallery, Wooley Bully's | ||
The Beaver River Railroad Bridge crosses the Beaver River in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, carrying the tracks of the CSX Railroad. It was built in 1926, to a design by J.F. Leonard, the Pennsylvania Railroad's engineer in charge of bridges and buildings, for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway. The riveted Warren deck truss main span and riveted deck girder western side spans have a total length of 1,221 feet (372 m). The deck truss spans vary from 122 feet (37 m) to 219 feet (67 m), some of which are unusually shallow and skewed. It replaced an 1887 span, which was converted to road use, continuing in that role until it was replaced in 1985.
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