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Shippingport-Midland Bridge

General Information

Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Road bridge

Location

Location: , , ,
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Crosses:
  • Ohio River
Coordinates: 40° 37' 39" N    80° 25' 59" W
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Technical Information

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Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Shippingport Bridge is a cantilevered through truss bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 168 across the Ohio River between Shippingport, Pennsylvania and Industry, Pennsylvania. From 1951 until the opening of this bridge in 1964, PA 168 was accessed across the river via Cooks Ferry.

The southern approach to the bridge is adjacent to the Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station.

On May 14, 1969, the Chester Bridge (1896-1970) between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia, which had carried U.S. 30 across the Ohio River, was permanently closed. From that day until November 7, 1977, when the Jennings Randolph Bridge was opened to traffic, the Shippingport Bridge carried what was temporarily designated as "Detour U.S. 30". That detour used Ohio S.R. 39 through the East End of East Liverpool to reach Pennsylvania S.R. 68. It remained on that route through Midland, PA, then used Pennsylvania S.R. 168 on the Shippingport Bridge to cross the river. From there, it proceeded southwest along highway 168 through Hoookstown, PA, where it then turned and rejoined U.S. 30 about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of that hamlet.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Shippingport Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20009572
  • Published on:
    29/06/2003
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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