URR - Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Kordite

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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BH Photo #269138

Map 

Street Views 

• View from Monongahela Blvd.
• View from Rankin Bridge

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Monongahela River on former railroad

Location

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Status

Abandoned

History

Built 1900

Railroad

- Pennsylvania Union Railroad (URR)

Design

Pennsylvania through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 483.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.40880, -79.88572   (decimal degrees)
40°24'32" N, 79°53'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/594545/4473727 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Pittsburgh East

Inventory number

BH 51294 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• September 19, 2016: New photo from Dave King
• October 25, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
• November 2, 2012: New Street View added by Tony Dillon
• February 14, 2012: Added by K. A. Erickson

Related Bridges 

• Rankin Bridge (Upstream)
• CSX - Monongahela River Bridge (Downstream)

Sources 

• K. A. Erickson
• Pghbridges.com - Listing on their website
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Luke
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

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