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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge

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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.

References

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge Wikipedia