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Rochester-Monaca Bridge (1896)

Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Circa 1907

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BH Photo #427753

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Suspension bridge over Ohio River on 9th Street
Location
Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1896; Replaced 1930
Builders
- Edwin Kirtland Morse of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Probable Designer)
- Penn Bridge Co. of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Design
Wire/cable suspension with spans of 400'; 800'; 416'
Double-intersection Warren through truss approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 800.0 ft.
Total length: 2,280.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 28.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.69471, -80.28107   (decimal degrees)
40°41'41" N, 80°16'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/560741/4505116 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 81558 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,367)
Beaver County, Pennsylvania (76)
Built 1896 (289)
Built during 1890s (3,192)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (183)
Double-intersection Warren truss (494)
Edwin Kirtland Morse (3)
Lattice Railing (337)
Lost (28,459)
Lost 1930 (107)
Lost during 1930s (862)
 Monaca, Pennsylvania (5)
Ohio River (120)
Owned by state (16,554)
Penn Bridge Co. (82)
Pennsylvania (5,778)
Replaced by new bridge (19,354)
Span length 500-1000 feet (403)
Suspension (788)
Through truss (16,769)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,994)
Truss (35,445)

Update Log 

  • April 9, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added postcards & span lengths
  • April 4, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 23, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Edwin Kirtland Morse (Probable Designer)
  • February 22, 2022: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added design type and length
  • February 21, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 11, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builders & date
  • May 10, 2018: Added by Dana and Kay Klein

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Rochester-Monaca Bridge (Older)
Posted February 23, 2022, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge was nearly identical to the Steubenville Market Street Bridge and Newell Suspension Bridge, which is why it is likely Edwin Kirtland Morse designed this bridge as well. Also, he was based in Pittsburgh during his consulting engineering portion of his career (this is one of the Morse family members who previously ran Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown).