Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, north of U.S. Route 40 Bridge, West Brownsville, Washington County, PA
Summary
Significance: This bridge's 401'-long Petit through truss is typical of long spans required on Monongahela River navigation. Its approaches feature an early installation of a reinforced concrete slab floor.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N638
Survey number: HAER PA-556
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Leonard, H R
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Lucius Engineering Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
West Brownsville (Pa.), 40.02424, -79.89060
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html