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15th Street Bridge

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 1991

BH Photo #405264

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Youghiogheny River
Location
McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1908; replaced 1995
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Fabricator)
- Hermann Laub of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Designer)
- McKeesport & Port Vue Bridge Co. (Local Charter Group)
Railroads
- Port Vue Traction Co.
- Streetcar
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 312.0 ft.
Total length: 1,228.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
Also called
Port Vue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.33884, -79.86147   (decimal degrees)
40°20'20" N, 79°51'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/596703/4465988 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
McKeesport
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
6,533
Inventory numbers
PA 02 2096 0010 0129 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 01652 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 41382 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 90.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (446)
American Bridge Co. (1,660)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1908 (787)
Built during 1900s (7,648)
Hermann Laub (2)
Lost (28,529)
Lost 1995 (432)
Lost during 1990s (4,147)
McKeesport & Port Vue Bridge Co. (1)
McKeesport, Pennsylvania (11)
Pennsylvania (5,810)
 Port Vue Traction Co. (1)
Port Vue, Pennsylvania (2)
Rail-and-Road (397)
Railroad (16,462)
Replaced by new bridge (19,403)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,259)
Streetcar (292)
Through truss (16,816)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,997)
Truss (35,500)
Youghiogheny River (24)

Update Log 

  • July 17, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added actual builder
  • July 17, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added builder and link
  • December 25, 2016: New photo from Mike Piontka

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Comments 

Port Vue Bridge
Posted November 13, 2016, by Mike Piontka (Spginc [at] comcast [dot] net)

The bridge is known as the 15th Street Bridge. I'm not sure why, since there was no street directly contributing to the bridge, and I don't think McKeesport had a 15th Street. However, as a native, that was what it was known by.