Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Clairton Glassport Bridge

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Carries
  
2 lanes of traffic

Maintained by
  
PennDOT

Total length
  
881 m

Location
  
Glassport

Body of water
  
Monongahela River

Crosses
  
Monongahela River

Opened
  
2 March 1987

Longest span
  
118 m

Bridge type
  
Girder bridge

Clairton-Glassport Bridge pghbridgescomglassport05944462clairtonglassp

Locale
  
Glassport, Pennsylvania and Clairton, Pennsylvania

Official name
  
Senator Edward P. Zemprelli Bridge

Other name(s)
  
Clairton Bridge, Glassport Bridge

Similar
  
Monongahela River, Jerome Street Bridge, Union Railroad Port Perry, Birmingham Bridge, Glenwood Bridge

The Clairton-Glassport Bridge, officially the Senator Edward P. Zemprelli Bridge is a girder bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Glassport, Pennsylvania and Clairton, Pennsylvania.

Map of Clairton-Glassport Bridge, Pennsylvania, USA

It was opened on March 2, 1987, replacing a 1928 arch bridge that stood on the same site. The structure also passes over portions of the U.S. Steel Clairton Works, the largest coke producing facility in the United States.

References

Clairton-Glassport Bridge Wikipedia