Carries two lanes of PA 381 Locale Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Opened 1976 Location Ohiopyle Body of water Youghiogheny River | Crosses Youghiogheny River Design girder bridge Total length 202 m Bridge type Girder bridge | |
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Similar Ohiopyle Low Bridge, Smithton Low‑Level Bridge, Banning Railroad Bridge, Smithton High‑Level Bridge, Jerome Street Bridge | ||
The Ohiopyle Highway Bridge is a structure that carries two lanes of Pennsylvania Route 381 Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
The span, which opened in 1975, is the third to be located in the vicinity. An original 19th-century covered bridge was replaced by a Pratt truss bridge around 1900. Because of a low-clearance underpass located directly adjacent to its southern approach, this structure proved to be obsolete once the automobile replaced the train as the primary method of tourism in the years following World War II. Although already scheduled for replacement, the discovery of a major fatigue crack sealed the fate of this structure, leading the way for the present girder bridge to be erected.
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