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Leechburg Bridge (1885)

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Leechburg Bridge - Older

The Pittsburgh Press: April 29 1935

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BH Photo #452141

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Kiskiminetas River
Location
Leechburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 1935
History
Built 1885; collapsed during demolition in 1935
Design
(3)10-panel, pin-connected Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.62615, -79.60889   (decimal degrees)
40°37'34" N, 79°36'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/617654/4498187 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 85914 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

10-panel truss (312)
19th Century (9,637)
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (77)
Built 1885 (220)
Built during 1880s (2,394)
Deck truss (2,050)
Kiskiminetas River (14)
Lattice Railing (667)
Leechburg, Pennsylvania (3)
Lost (31,822)
Lost 1935 (109)
 Lost during 1930s (1,275)
Owned by county (22,004)
Pennsylvania (6,795)
Pin-connected (5,428)
Pratt deck truss (434)
Pratt truss (10,848)
Replaced by new bridge (21,705)
Stone piers (279)
Truss (38,327)
West Leechburg, Pennsylvania (2)
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (134)

Update Log 

  • January 23, 2023: New photos from Paul Plassman
  • July 14, 2019: Updated by Art Suckewer: Build date + misc
  • July 13, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • July 13, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Paul Plassman
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Leechburg Bridge - Older
Posted July 15, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Still a deck truss. The roadway is lowered to create a railing of sorts for vehicular traffic... Something that wouldn't be needed on a rail crossing

Leechburg Bridge - Older
Posted July 15, 2019, by Daniel

What would you call it in that case? When I hear pony I don't think of a bridge with that much below the deck.

Leechburg Bridge - Older
Posted July 14, 2019, by Art S, (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Added build date based on bridge’s age at demolition. BTW, I don’t think this is a true deck truss as the trusses extend above the deck.