Carries 4 lanes of I-376 Maintained by PennDOT Longest span 220 m Bridge type Continuous truss bridge | Opened 1968 Location Vanport Township | |
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Locale Vanport Township, Pennsylvania Design Continuous truss bridge Similar Ohio River, Rochester–Monaca Bridge, Kentucky & Indiana Terminal, Owensboro Bridge, Ironton–Russell Bridge | ||
The Vanport Bridge is a four-lane continuous truss bridge that carries Interstate 376 (former Pennsylvania Route 60) across the Ohio River in Vanport Township, Pennsylvania. $10,476,268 were spent on construction of the 1,762-foot bridge over the Ohio River connecting Vanport and Potter townships, which was opened to traffic on December 23, 1968. As a vital part of the Beaver Valley Expressway it was carrying near 30,000 vehicles daily in 1990. In January 1990, bridge was closed for three days after corrosion and 14 cracks in welds ranging from 7 to 34 inches were discovered during routine PennDot inspection. Damage was located in the bottom truss plate holding the steel box beam in the central span. Passenger traffic was rerouted to the Rochester–Monaca Bridge; trucks — to the Shippingport Bridge. The Vanport Bridge was reopened after no imminent danger was found with repairs and clean-up scheduled.