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McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

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McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal through arch bridge constructed by Allegheny County as part of an intensive bridge-building campaign during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The bridge is also significant because of its designers and builders, notable the engineers and architects in the Allegheny County Department of Public Works' Bureau of Bridges.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N423
Survey number: HAER PA-445
Building/structure dates: 1929- 1931 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88002168

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Date

1931 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Fort Pitt Bridge Works
Dravo Contracting Company
Allegheny County Department of Public Works
Morse, Edwin K
Chalfant, James G
Booth & Flinn Company
Brown, Norman F
Roush, Stanley L
Harrison Construction Company
Covell, Vernon R
Nutter, A D
Richardson, George S
Henderson, A A
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Rotenstein, David S, historian
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
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Location

McKees Rocks (Pa.)40.46832, -80.07964
Google Map of 40.4683177, -80.0796427
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Library of Congress
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