General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Deck truss bridge |
|---|---|
| Support conditions: |
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Harmar, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Plum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 40° 32' 16.25" N 79° 49' 15.19" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 158.5 m | |
| total length | 709.27 m |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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|---|---|
| truss |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Canadian National Railway's Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad division across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Harmar Township, Pennsylvania. In 1897, a single-track trestle and viaduct was built on this site; in 1918, the original piers were doubled in width, the current double-tracked structure built alongside, and then slid into place. The original north trestle approach was buried in slag dumped from an adjacent temporary filling trestle.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge" and modified on 15 November 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20081860 - Published on:
13/11/2021 - Last updated on:
14/11/2021
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