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NS - Arlington Avenue Bridge

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Looking NW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016

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BH Photo #357873

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals bridge over Arlington Ave on NSRR
Location
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 116.0 ft.
Total length: 181.0 ft.
Deck width: 30.0 ft.
Skew angle
45 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.43059, -80.00117   (decimal degrees)
40°25'50" N, 80°00'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/584722/4476028 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pittsburgh West
Inventory number
BH 72719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (446)
Conrail (1,710)
Deck girder (6,308)
Deck truss (1,927)
Girder (11,179)
Have street view (28,926)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,095)
Open (40,970)
Owned by railroad (13,506)
Penn Central Railroad (1,538)
Pennsylvania (5,832)
 Pennsylvania Railroad (1,027)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (167)
Plate girder (8,733)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,481)
Truss (35,524)
Warren deck truss (668)
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals (77)
Warren truss (7,008)

Update Log 

  • July 7, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • July 4, 2016: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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