McKees Rocks Bridge

McKees Rocks Bridge
Coordinates	40°28′37″N80°02′56″W / 40.47704°N 80.0489°W / 40.47704; -80.0489
Carries	SR 3104 / Blue Belt 3 lanes of roadway
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
Design	Through arch bridge
Total length	7,293 feet (2,223 m)
Longest span	750 feet (228.6 m)
Clearance below	100 feet (30 m)
History
Opened	1931
McKees Rocks Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
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Location	SR 3104 over Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Built	1931
Architect	Vernon R. Covell
MPS	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.	88002168
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1988 [1]
Designated PHLF	2003 [2]
Location

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 7,293 feet (2,223 m) long, this historic bridge is the longest bridge in Allegheny County. ^[3]

Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^{[1] [4]}

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

Gallery

• 
  McKee's Rocks Bridge

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
3. Rotenstein, David S. (1997). "McKee's Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
4. "McKees Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 10, 2014.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-445, " McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA ", 17 photos, 15 data pages
• McKees Rocks Bridge at HistoricBridges.org