McKees Rocks Bridge explained

Bridge Name:	McKees Rocks Bridge
Carries:	SR 3104 / Blue Belt 3 lanes of roadway
Crosses:	Ohio River
Locale:	McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Design:	Through arch bridge
Mainspan:	750feet
Open:	1931
Coordinates:	40.477°N -80.0489°W
Extra:	Embed: yes McKees Rocks Bridge Built: 1931 Added: November 14, 1988 Mpsub: Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR Refnum: 88002168 Designated Other1: PHLF Designated Other1 Date: 2003^[1]

The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt, Pittsburgh's innermost beltline, across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, connecting Pennsylvania Route 65 with Pennsylvania Route 51, west of the city.

History and architectural features

At long, this historic bridge is the longest bridge in Allegheny County.^[2]

Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[3]

The stretch of the bridge from Island Avenue was the successor to the O'Donovan Bridge, which ran from Island Avenue to the "Bottoms" of McKees Rocks from 1904 to 1931.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of crossings of the Ohio River

External links

• • McKees Rocks Bridge at HistoricBridges.org

Notes and References

1. Book: Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 . Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation . Pittsburgh, PA . 2010 . 2011-08-05.
2. Web site: McKee's Rocks Bridge . Rotenstein . David S. . 1997 . Historic American Engineering Record . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . January 25, 2018.
3. Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H096654_01D.pdf}} McKees Rocks Bridge]. Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. January 10, 2014.