McKees Rocks Bridge

1945/1960

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McKees Rocks Bridge
  • Title
  • McKees Rocks Bridge
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B010.F02.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B010.F02.I01
  • Description
  • The McKees Rocks Bridge, designed by George S. Richardson and built by Allegheny County, opened in 1931 and was linked to the new Ohio River Boulevard by a traffic circle at Termon Avenue. The bridge, with a clearance above the river at 40 feet, is a complex string of structures stretching nearly 1.5 miles across the wide, flat valley of the Ohio River. From west to east, there are two through crescent arches of 300-foot span each; 1,145 feet of terra firma; eight deck trusses, about 163 feet each; one cantilever deck truss of approximately 194 feet; a river span that is two-hinged trussed arch of 750 feet; three cantilever trusses of 338, 324, and 334 feet; and a 77-foot deck girder, for a total length with approaches of almost 7,300 feet. The bridge also has Art Deco pylons that bear Frank Vittor’s sculptures.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • McKees Rocks Bridge (Pa.)
    McKees Rocks (Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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