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BPRR - Allegheny River Bridge (West Hills)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo taken by Brian Manville on May 23, 2017

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BH Photo #392107

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Baltimore deck truss bridge over Allegheny River on Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad
Location
West Mosgrove, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR)
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad (BR&P)
Design
Baltimore deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 1,682.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.87016, -79.48043   (decimal degrees)
40°52'13" N, 79°28'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/628050/4525455 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mosgrove
Inventory number
BH 71019 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,698)
Allegheny River (70)
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (69)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (480)
Baltimore deck truss (30)
Baltimore truss (353)
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (54)
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad (27)
Built 1899 (403)
Built during 1890s (3,017)
Deck girder (5,865)
Deck truss (1,768)
 Girder (10,428)
Open (40,003)
Owned by railroad (12,643)
Pennsylvania (5,370)
Pin-connected (3,955)
Plate girder (8,089)
Railroad (15,756)
Stone piers (45)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,894)
Truss (33,215)
West Mosgrove, Pennsylvania (1)

Update Log 

  • May 24, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • May 23, 2017: New photos from Nathan Holth
  • May 23, 2017: New photos from Brian Manville
  • February 15, 2016: Added by Ian Martin

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Comments 

Allegheny River Bridge panorama photo
Posted November 18, 2019, by Brian Manville

Nathan - No issue at all. I appreciate you're making the effort.

BPRR - Allegheny River Bridge
Posted May 23, 2017, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Brian... nice photos, I have had this bridge on my own to-do list for a while. I hope you do not mind that I took your first three photos, stitched them into a couple panoramic projections and uploaded them here.