OFFICIAL NAME:
OTHER DESIGNATION:
McKeesport-Reynoldton Bridge
Third Av Bridge
LOCATION:
McKeesport - Reynoldton
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
McKeesport - Zone 17; 0595 4467
CARRIED:
motor vehicles, street railway
BETWEEN:
-- Water St, McKeesport
-- Rebecca St, Reynoldton
CROSSED:
-- (RDB to LDB) Youghiogheny River at mile 0.2; River Rd
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
Suspension
LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
644 ft
TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
HEIGHT OF DECK:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1884, McKeesport and Reynoldton Bridge Company
ADDITIONAL INFO:
A bridge was chartered at Third Av in 1865, but construction was contested by rivermen. The bridge was delayed until 1884. A (Fowler) panoramic map dated 1883 shows a bridge at this location which does not appear to be this suspension bridge. Perhaps the drawing was done in anticipation. The 1893 Krebs pano map shows the suspension bridge.
FIELD CHECKED:
INFO SOURCES:
Abbott, et al, "First one hundred years of McKeesport"; Beal, Ronald L., "McKeesport Trolleys: A Piece of the Past"; Krebs, Otto, panoramic map of McKeesport, 1893; 1900 Hopkins map
