PC&Y Railroad Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°29′31″N 80°04′55″W / 40.49194°N 80.08194°W |
Carries | 1 rail line |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | Neville Township, Pennsylvania and Stowe Township, Pennsylvania |
Characteristics | |
Design | Pennsylvania-Petit Pratt through truss; subdivided Double Warren through truss; two deck girder spans |
Total length | 920 ft |
Longest span | 280 ft |
Clearance below | 7 ft est. |
History | |
Opened | 1894 |
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The PC&Y Railroad Bridge carries a single railroad track over the Ohio River, between Stowe Township, Pennsylvania and Neville Island, Pennsylvania. [1] [2]
Built in 1894, [3] this through truss railroad bridge once served the Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railroad. Previously used for the PC&Y's transport of tinplate scrap from Pittsburgh's Federal Street station to Neville Island, [4] it spans the back channel of the Ohio River, and is still in use today. A single rail line crosses the bridge, connecting chemical plants on the industrial half of the island with the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad mainline.