Pennsylvania Turnpike Beaver River Bridge

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Bridge Documented: July 17, 2011

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth and Rick McOmber

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Key Facts

	Bridge Name	Facility Carried / Feature Intersected	Location	Structure Type	Construction Date and Builder/Engineer
	Pennsylvania Turnpike Beaver River Bridge	I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) Over Beaver River, PA-1001, and Railroad	Rural: Beaver County, Pennsylvania	Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed	1952 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown

Technical Facts

Rehabilitation Date	Main Span Length	Structure Length	Roadway Width	Main Spans	Approach Spans	NBI Number
1988	410 Feet (125 Meters)	1546 Feet (471.2 Meters)	56 Feet (17.1 Meters)	5	2	04707699001321

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This bridge is a traditionally composed example of a mid-20th Century cantilever deck truss. Thanks to demolition, bridges like this are rapidly becoming rare. This bridge is extremely hard to photograph since despite its immense size, it is surrounded by numerous trees and the area around the bridge is very overgrown.

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