Tionesta Bridge

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Tionesta Bridge
Coordinates 41°29′43″N79°27′37″W / 41.495193°N 79.460151°W / 41.495193; -79.460151 Coordinates: 41°29′43″N79°27′37″W / 41.495193°N 79.460151°W / 41.495193; -79.460151
Carries Two lanes of US 62.svgPA-36.svg US 62 / PA 36
Crosses Allegheny River
Locale Tionesta Township and Tionesta
Characteristics
Design Girder bridge
Total length 761 feet (232 m)
Width 33 feet (10 m)
History
Opened 1961

The Tionesta Bridge is a girder bridge that carries U.S. Route 62 and Pennsylvania Route 36 across the Allegheny River in rural Forest County, Pennsylvania. The borough of Tionesta on the east bank of the river is connected with an unpopulated section of Tionesta Township on the west bank.

Girder bridge bridge built of girders placed on bridge abutments and foundation piers

A girder bridge is a bridge that uses girders as the means of supporting its deck. The two most common types of modern steel girder bridge are plate and box.

U.S. Route 62 highway in the United States

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This 1961 structure was the first girder bridge completed along the river between the edge of suburban Pittsburgh and Kinzua Dam. Over the last 30 years, many nearby structures were completed with a similar design; this bridge was rehabilitated in 1988.

Pittsburgh City in western Pennsylvania

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Kinzua Dam Concrete dam and earth embankment with four 24’ × 45’ crest gates

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Coordinates: 41°29′43″N79°27′37″W / 41.495193°N 79.460151°W / 41.495193; -79.460151

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