Beaver Bridge (Ohio River)
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The Beaver Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the Ohio River between Monaca and Beaver, Pennsylvania. It consists of two spans: a southern cantilever through truss of Script error: No such module "convert". with Script error: No such module "convert". anchor arms; and a northern camelback through truss of Script error: No such module "convert".. The bridge currently carries two tracks of CSX Transportation.
The bridge was designed by Albert Lucius and built by McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh between March 1908 and May 1910 for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The bridge is notable in that the railroad proceeded with the cantilever design despite the collapse of the Quebec cantilever bridge during construction in 1907. The Beaver bridge replaced a single-track bridge built in 1890, Script error: No such module "convert". downstream from the current bridge's position, which itself replaced an 1878 wrought iron bridge at the same location.
See also
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of crossings of the Ohio River
References
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External links
- Monaca-Beaver Railroad Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
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- Old photos of Beaver Bridge
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- Bridges completed in 1910
- Bridges over the Ohio River
- CSX Transportation bridges
- Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
- Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- Cantilever bridges in the United States
- Truss bridges in the United States
- Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- 1910 establishments in Pennsylvania