Beaver Bridge (Ohio River)

Beaver Bridge
The bridge in 2025
Coordinates	40°41′34″N 80°17′27″W / 40.692906°N 80.290833°W / 40.692906; -80.290833
Carries	Two tracks of CSX Transportation.
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Monaca, Pennsylvania and Beaver, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever through truss bridge
Location
Interactive map of Beaver Bridge

The Beaver Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the Ohio River between Monaca and Beaver, Pennsylvania. It consists of two spans: a southern cantilever through truss of 769 feet (234 m) with 320-foot (98 m) anchor arms; and a northern camelback through truss of 370 feet (110 m). The bridge currently carries two tracks of CSX Transportation.

Previous bridges

Second Beaver Bridge in 1910

The original bridge at the location was an 1878 wrought iron bridge, 300 feet (91 m) downstream from the current bridge's position. It was replaced by a single-track bridge built in 1890 at that same location.

Current bridge

The bridge in 2012

The bridge was designed by Albert Lucius and built by McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh between March 1908 and May 1910 for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The bridge is notable in that the railroad proceeded with the cantilever design despite the collapse of the Quebec cantilever bridge during construction in 1907.

See also

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

References

• Cook, Richard J. (1987). The Beauty of Railroad Bridges in North America -- Then and Now. Golden West Books, San Marino, California (United States). ISBN 0-87095-097-5.

External links

• Monaca-Beaver Railroad Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-510, "Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge", 8 photos, 2 color transparencies, 7 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• Old photos of Beaver Bridge