Crosses Allegheny River Longest span 520 feet (160 m) Total length 709 m Body of water Allegheny River Bridge type Truss bridge | Design Truss bridge Opened 1918 Clearance below 27 m Location Plum | |
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Carries Canadian National Railway Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad division Locale Plum, Pennsylvania and Harmar Township, Pennsylvania Similar Allegheny River Turnpike, Donald R Lobaugh Bridge, 33rd Street Railroad Bridge, David McCullough Bridge, 30th Street Bridge | ||
The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge it is a truss bridge that carries the Canadian National Railway's Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad division across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Harmar Township, Pennsylvania. In 1897, a single-track trestle and viaduct was built on this site; in 1918, the original piers were doubled in width, the current double-tracked structure built alongside, and then slid into place. The original north trestle approach was buried in slag dumped from an adjacent temporary filling trestle.
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