Banning Railroad Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Banning Railroad Bridge
Carries:Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Crosses:Youghiogheny River
Locale:Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Design:truss bridge
Open:1930
Coordinates:40.1239°N -79.748°W

The Banning Railroad Bridge is a structure that carries the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway across the Youghiogheny River in Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

The bridge was constructed in 1930 by the American Bridge Company as part of the major railroad to be built in Pennsylvania. Like the Speers Railroad Bridge along the same route, the structure uses a "K-truss" design that is extremely uncommon outside of the Great Plains states. Although once part of a critical connection between the Pittsburgh industrial region and the Western Maryland Railroad, today the bridge sees light traffic and is mainly used for the transportation of coal.

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