OFFICIAL NAME:
Sewickley Bridge
OTHER DESIGNATION:
ambr568-14
LOCATION:
Moon Twp - Sewickley
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Ambridge - Zone 17; 0568 4487
CARRIES:
SR4025; Orange Belt
BETWEEN:
-- Ohio River Blvd [PA65] at Broad St (Sewickley)
-- Justice Michael A. Musmanno Memorial Boulevard [PA51]
CROSSES:
-- Chadwick Av; NS RR [Conrail]
-- Ohio River at Mile 11.8
-- CSX RR [PLE RR]
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
steel cantilever Warren through truss
LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
724.0 ft
TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
HEIGHT OF DECK:
73.4 ft for center 500 ft of channel span
Dashields Dam normal pool level 692.0 ft
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1981; Richardson, Gordon and Associates, Inc.
PennDOT, current owner
ADDITIONAL INFO:
view page - More info on the 1911 Sewickley Bridge over the Ohio River
view page - Fieldnotes on the 1981 Sewickley Bridge over the Ohio River
view page - Pittsburgh Press article on the 1911 Sewickley Bridge over the Ohio River
view page - Coraopolis Record and the Sewickley Herald article on the 1981 Sewickley Bridge over the Ohio River
view page - Coraopolis Record and the Sewickley Herald article on the designer of the 1981 Sewickley Bridge over the Ohio River
FIELD CHECKED:
INFO SOURCES:
USACE Ohio River Nav. Charts
