Bridgehunter.com | WLE - Chartiers Creek Bridge #2

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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)

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

WLE - Chartiers Creek Bridge #2

Posted October 11, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Quite an interesting history especially if this is the same bridge seen here today.