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PRR - Steubenville Bridge (Oldest)
Description
Two spans were relocated to Pittsburgh and carried California Avenue over Wood Run until 1926Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Ohio River on Pennsylvania Railroad
- Location
- Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1863; Replaced 1889
- Builders
- - Jacob H. Linville of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Piper & Shiffler Bridge Co.
- Railroad
- - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Linville-Piper variant Whipple through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.37579, -80.60869 (decimal degrees)
40°22'33" N, 80°36'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/533218/4469541 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 83117 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 15, 2018: Updated by Art Suckewer: I think the major comprssion elements of this one are cast iron
- October 15, 2018: Added by Luke
Related Bridges
- PRR - Steubenville Bridge (Older) (Successor)
- California Avenue Bridge (Old) (Parts reused in)
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Luke,
I think this one conforms to Linville's 1862 patent 34,183.
Regards,
Art S.