OFFICIAL NAME:
OTHER DESIGNATION:
Boston Bridge 1893
LOCATION:
Boston (Elizabeth Twp) - Versailles
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
McKeesport - Zone 17; 0599 4462
CARRIED:
motor vehicles, two lanes
street railway
BETWEEN:
-- (Versailles) on right descending bank of Youghiogheny River
-- (Boston) on left descending bank of Youghiogheny River
CROSSED:
-- (RDB to LDB) B&O RR [current CSX RR]; Youghiogheny River at mile 4.1; P&LE RR [current Yough River Trail]
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
iron cantilever through truss
LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
350 ft, channel span; 150 ft shore arms
TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
650 ft
81 ft wide roadway, 5 ft wide sidewalk
HEIGHT OF DECK:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1893, King Iron Bridge Company
ADDITIONAL INFO:
FIELD CHECKED:
INFO SOURCES:
Abbott, et al, "First one hundred years of McKeesport"; White and Von Bernewitz "Bridges of Pittsburgh"; King Iron Bridge Co. sales catalog
