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P&LE Railroad Bridge at Munhall

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Monongahela River on CSX RR
Location
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1883, upgraded pre-1902
Design
Main spans Parker/Pratt through trusses, approach spans Pratt deck trusses and pony girders, some girder approach spans replaced by fill post-2000
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Also called
Pinkerton's Landing Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.41459, -79.89688   (decimal degrees)
40°24'53" N, 79°53'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/593590/4474358 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pittsburgh East
Inventory number
BH 50032 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,821)
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (192)
Built 1883 (84)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Deck truss (954)
Girder (3,237)
Have street view (9,891)
Monongahela River (36)
Open (28,310)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Parker through truss (947)
 Parker truss (1,267)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Plate girder (2,251)
Pratt deck truss (170)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Through girder (1,135)
Through truss (9,206)
Truss (23,569)

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  • November 4, 2011: Added by Frank Hicks

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