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Donora Webster Bridge

Washington County, Pennsylvania, and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Photo taken by Brian McKee in July 2009

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Description 

One year has now passed since demolition decision was made; demo was expected to start within that time. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/02/16/penndot-to-tear-down-donora-webster-bridge/

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Monongahela River on PA 1022 in Donora and Rostraver Twp
Location
Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Status
Closed due to structural problems
History
Built 1906; rehabilitated 1938; closed July 14, 2009
Design
four spans are Parker through truss while the longest and center span is a Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 518.1 ft.
Total length: 1,547.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.18445, -79.85182   (decimal degrees)
40°11'04" N, 79°51'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/597745/4448862 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Donora
Inventory numbers
PA 62 1022 0010 0036 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 34828 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31756 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2008)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 3.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
3,252

Categories 

Built 1906 (362)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
Closed (2,085)
Deck truss (961)
Donora, Pennsylvania (1)
Have street view (10,035)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2009 (19)
Monongahela River (36)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Navigable waterway (1,453)
Owned by state (9,853)
Parker through truss (954)
Parker truss (1,273)
 Pennsylvania (3,046)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pin-connected (1,568)
Span length 500-1000 feet (318)
Steel grate deck (382)
Structurally deficient (16,729)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,223)
Truss (23,615)
Warren deck truss (343)
Warren truss (3,959)
Washington County, Pennsylvania (95)
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (52)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2013: Updated by Don Morrison: Fixed position, changed to 5 main spans from 6. Not that it matters: bridge is doomed
  • March 17, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • November 5, 2010: Updated by Jason Smith: Changed location of bridge/ updated the bridge types
  • July 22, 2009: New photos from James Baughn
  • July 14, 2009: Updated by Ian Anderson: Bridge now closed
  • July 11, 2009: New photos from Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ian Anderson - macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Don Morrison
  • Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler
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Donora Webster Bridge
Posted July 14, 2009, by Ian Anderson (macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com)

Another large and historic truss bridge's fate to be decided by PennDOT, might as well edit the page to say 'Demolished 2010' right now.