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West Liberty Avenue Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Bridge

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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Looking SW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016

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BH Photo #359704

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Facts 

Overview
1915 Deck plate girder bridge over W Liberty Ave on WERR
Location
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (WLE)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 203.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.41307, -80.01005   (decimal degrees)
40°24'47" N, 80°00'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/583991/4474075 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pittsburgh West
Inventory numbers
023069008004820
BH 72443 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (429)
Built 1915 (1,233)
Built during 1910s (9,685)
Deck girder (5,784)
Girder (10,308)
Have street view (27,082)
Norfolk & Western Railway (566)
Open (39,991)
Owned by railroad (12,511)
 Pennsylvania (5,334)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (154)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,618)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,108)
Through girder (3,844)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,288)
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (77)

Update Log 

  • July 30, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • June 5, 2016: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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