OFFICIAL NAME:
Fifth Av and High St Bridge
OTHER DESIGNATION:
Fifth Av Bridge
Jerome St Bridge
LOCATION:
McKeesport-Reynoldton
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
McKeesport - Zone 17; 0595 4467
CARRIED:
motor vehicles, street railway
BETWEEN:
-- Fifth Av (McKeesport) on right descending bank of Youghiogheny River
-- High St [West Fifth Av] (Reynoldton) on left descending bank of Youghiogheny River
CROSSED:
-- (RDB to LDB) Water St; Youghiogheny River at mile 0.3; PLE RR; River Rd
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
though trusses
LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
HEIGHT OF DECK:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1895, Fifth Avenue and High Street Bridge Company
Replaced 1934 by Jerome St [Lysle Av] Bridge
ADDITIONAL INFO:
FIELD CHECKED:
INFO SOURCES:
Abbott, et al, "First one hundred years of McKeesport"; Beal, "McKeesport Trolleys"
