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WLE - Chartiers Creek Bridge #2

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Chartiers Creek on Norfolk Southern RR (formerly P&WV RR)
Location
Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (P&WV)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (WPTR)
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (WLE)
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 155.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 24.5 ft.
Also called
P&WV - Chartiers Creek Bridge #2
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.35918, -80.12058   (decimal degrees)
40°21'33" N, 80°07'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/574672/4467995 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bridgeville
Inventory number
BH 57204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (432)
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (9)
Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,365)
Continuous (2,517)
Continuous truss (185)
Have street view (27,203)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,006)
Open (40,014)
Owned by railroad (12,666)
Pennsylvania (5,372)
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (47)
 Railroad (15,787)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,257)
Through truss (15,352)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,965)
Truss (33,251)
Wabash Railroad (575)
Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (31)
Warren through truss (1,629)
Warren through truss with all verticals (407)
Warren truss (6,654)
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (80)

Update Log 

  • February 12, 2015: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added measurements
  • July 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad"
  • July 16, 2013: Added by Frank Hicks

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