P&LE Liberty Boro Bridge
P&LE Liberty Boro Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°19′30″N 79°50′36″W / 40.325°N 79.8432°W |
Carries | CSX Keystone Subdivision |
Crosses | Youghiogheny River |
Locale | Liberty, Pennsylvania and McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
Characteristics | |
Design | Girder bridge |
History | |
Opened | 1968 |
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The P&LE Liberty Boro Bridge is a girder bridge across the Youghiogheny River connecting the Pittsburgh industrial suburbs of Liberty and McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In 1968, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad undertook a major construction project in conjunction with the B&O Railroad to clear tracks from downtown McKeesport. These tracks caused traffic congestion and posed a safety hazard. As a result, both this bridge and the nearby P&LE McKeesport Bridge were created to direct rail traffic to the west bank of the river, which featured a less confusing street grid.
While its sister structure is a truss bridge that crosses the river parallel to a highway bridge, the Liberty Boro Bridge appears relatively utilitarian and crosses the river at a nearly diagonal angle. The structure currently serves the Pittsburgh-to-Cumberland, Maryland CSX Keystone Subdivision.
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Coordinates: 40°19′30″N 79°50′36″W / 40.325005°N 79.843233°W
- Bridges in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1968
- Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges over the Youghiogheny River
- Girder bridges in the United States
- 1968 establishments in Pennsylvania