General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Truss bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Vanport, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Coordinates: | 40° 40' 46" N 80° 19' 53" W |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
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. A total of $10,476,268 was 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.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Vanport 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
20009573 - Published on:
29/06/2003 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
