Pinkerton's Landing Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:	Pinkerton's Surrender Bridge
Also Known As:	Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny (Pemickey) Railroad Bridge^[1] P&LE Railroad Bridge at Munhall
Carries:	CSX Pittsburgh Subdivision
Crosses:	Monongahela River
Locale:	Munhall, Pennsylvania and Rankin, Pennsylvania
Design:	Truss bridge
Open:	1883^[2]

The Pinkerton's Surrender Bridge (officially known as the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge at Munhall) is a truss bridge that carries CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision across the Monongahela River between Munhall, Pennsylvania and Rankin, Pennsylvania, United States. The structure's nickname references the 1892 Homestead strike, in which Pinkerton forces surrendered to striking union steelworkers.

It is also known as the Pemickey Bridge, for the Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad (P. McK. & Y., pronounced "Pemickey") which used to run over the bridge.^[3]

See also

• Homestead Strike
• List of crossings of the Monongahela River

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad; Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad . Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission . January 16, 2019 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061001/http://www.nationalgateway.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/EA/Appendix%20E%20-%20Pennsylvania/Attachment%2012%20-%20State%20Eligibilty%20%26%20Effects%20CD/PA%20Eligibility%20P%26LE%20HRSF%20112309.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: PLE RR Bridge at Munhall - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA. 8 June 2016.
3. Web site: Arthur Burgoyne, On the Battle of Homestead, 1893 . Burgoyne . Arthur . ExplorePAHistory.com . January 16, 2019.