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BRIDGES AND
TUNNELS OF
ALLEGHENY
COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA

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Wheel on Steel:
Larger Railroad Bridges in Allegheny County
USGS Quadrangle Name and UTM Grid

TOUR UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Preliminary Listing

tour index - Other Tours

For Railroad Crossings over the four rivers (Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio, and Youghiogheny), refer to the Tour for each river.


BRADDOCK

0598 4472
Union RR viaduct over Electric Av, Beech St and Cable Av (East Pittsburgh)
- brad598-15 #40
- deck concrete arches with infill and deck girders

0598 4471
Union RR over Braddock Av, PRR and Turtle Creek (East Pittsburgh - North Versailles)
- brad598-19 #41
- through truss and deck truss trestle

Union RR over Braddock Av and Turtle Creek at Edgar Thompson Works (East Pittsburgh - North Versailles)
- brad598-19A #41
- deck truss trestle

PRR over Turtle Creek (East Pittsburgh - North Versailles)
- brad598-23 #41
- deck

0599 4473
Union RR viaduct over Larimer Av and Brown Av (Turtle Creek)
- brad599-11 #39
- deck girder trestle

0604 4470
PRR over Brush Creek (Trafford)
- brad604-16 #42
- deck


BRIDGEVILLE

0574 4467
NW RR [Wabash] over Chartiers Creek, west of Bridgeville (Bridgeville - South Fayette)
- brid574-5 #3
- through truss

PRR over Chartiers Creek, west of Bridgeville (Bridgeville - South Fayette)
- brid574-7 #3A
-

0575 4468
NW RR [Wabash] over Washington Pike [PA50 - Orange Belt] (Bridgeville)
- brid575-6 #4
-

NW RR [Wabash] over Chartiers Creek, south of Mayer St (Bridgeville - Collier)
- brid575-5 #4A
-

0576 4468
PRR over Chartiers Creek, north of Union St (Bridgeville - Collier)
- brid576-8 #4B
-

0576 4469
NW RR [Wabash] over Montgomery Av, Conrail and Chartiers Creek (Collier - Scott)
- brid576-4 #5
-

0582 4468
NW RR [West Side Belt RR] over Castle Shannon Blvd, Library Rd [PA88] and Port Authority "T" (Castle Shannon)
- brid582-4 #27
- deck girder trestle

0582 4460
Montour RR over Library Rd [PA88] (West Library)
- brid582-29 #33
- deck girder trestle


CANONSBURG

0570 4466
NW RR [Wabash] over Millers Run and PRR, end of McLean St (South Fayette)
- cano570-5 #1
-

0573 4467
NW RR [Wabash] over Millers Run Rd and Millers Run at Blythe Rd (South Fayette)
- cano573-2 #2
- 2 through trusses and deck girder trestle


GLASSPORT

0588 4459
NW RR [WSB RR] over Peters Creek and Montour Trail [Montour RR], western wye leg (Jefferson Hills)
- glas588-18 #28
- deck girder trestle

0588 4458
NW RR [WSB RR] over Peters Creek and Montour Trail [Montour RR], east wye leg (Jefferson Hills - South Park)
- glas588-16 #29
- through truss and deck girder trestle

0595 4461
Union RR [WSB RR, Montour RR] over State St [PA837] (Clairton)
- glas595-13 #30
- through truss

0596 4463
Union RR over Conrail and PA837, at Coal Valley (Clairton - Jefferson Hills)
- glas593-13 #31
- through truss

Conrail over PA837, at Coal Valley (Clairton - Jefferson Hills)
- glas593-12 #31A
- deck concrete beam and steel girder


PITTSBURGH EAST

0584 4475
Port Authority "T" [PRR, Panhandle RR] wye at south end of Panhandle Bridge
- pghe584-69 (pghw583-21) #35
- deck girder

PRR over Arlington Av
- pghe584-71A #35A
-

0584 4471
WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Whited St
- pghe584-72 #26A
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WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Port Authority "T" Busway
- pghe584-72A #26
-

0585 4472
Port Authority "T" over Colerain St
- pghe585-48 #26B
- deck girder

0587 4479
view page - Pittsburgh Junction Railroad trestle above 33rd St [CSX]
- girder trestle

view page - Pittsburgh Junction Railroad trestle to 36th St Yard [CSX]
- trussed wooden trestle

0588 4473
Conrail viaduct over Becks Run and Becks Run Rd at East Carson St (Baldwin - Pittsburgh)
- pghe588-24 #34
- deck concrete beam and steel girder

0590 4471
Conrail over Ashby St and CSX Railroad
- pghe590-xx #43
- deck concrete beam and steel girder

0592 4479
view page - PRR Brilliant Branch Viaduct at Silver Lake
- stone arch viaduct

PRR Brilliant Branch Viaduct at Highland Dr
- pghe592-17
- stone arch viaduct


PITTSBURGH WEST

0576 4478
PRR over Chartiers Creek, south of Scully Yard (Pittsburgh-Robinson)
-pghw576-2 #13
-

0576 4472
PRR over Chartiers Creek north of Superior St (Carnegie-Collier)
- pghw576-9A #9A
-

0576 4471
PRR over Chartiers Creek southwest of Superior St (Carnegie-Heidelberg)
- pghw576-11 #9
-

0577 4474
Airport Busway [Panhandle RR, PRR] over Chartiers Creek (Pittsburgh-Rosslyn Farms)
- pghw577-8 #12
-

0577 4472
PRR [Panhandle RR] crossings over Chartiers Creek near Third St (Carnegie-Scott)
- pghw577-20 #7
- through truss

0577 4471
NW RR [Wabash] over Hope Hollow Rd and Georges Run (Scott)
- pghw577-24 #6

0578 4479
PCY Ry over Chartiers Creek at Windgap (McKees Rocks-Pittsburgh)
- pghw578-5 #14
-

0578 4474
PCY Ry over Chartiers Creek (Pittsburgh-Rosslyn Farms)
- pghw578-11 #11
-

0578 4473
WLE RR [Wabash] over Penn Lincoln Parkway West and Bell Rd, west of Rook Yard (Scott)
- pghw578-21 #10
- deck girder trestle

0579 4480
PCY Ry over PLE RR (McKees Rocks)
- pghw579-9 #16
-

0580 4479
PLE RR over Chartiers Creek (McKees Rocks-Pittsburgh)
- pghw580-6 #15
- through truss

0582 4477
West Side Belt RR over Main St in Temperanceville
- pghw582-11 #20
- deck girder trestle

PRR over West Side Belt RR, West End
- pghw582-13 #20A
- stone arch

West Side Belt RR over West Carson St
- pghw582-17 #20B
- plate girder

0582 4476
West Side Belt RR at Minotte
- pghw582-22 #19
- deck girder trestle

0582 4475
WLE RR [Wabash] over Penn Lincoln Parkway West
- pghw582-28 #18
- deck girder trestle

WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Penn Lincoln Parkway West
- pghw582-27 #18A
- deck girder trestle

0582 4473
Port Authority "T" over Dagmar and Cape May
- pghw582-32 #24
- deck girder

0583 4475
Wabash over Saw Mill Run at Woodruff St
- pghw583-26 #21
- stone arch

WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Saw Mill Run at Seldom Seen, north crossing
- pghw583-22 #21A
- deck girder

WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Saw Mill Run at Seldom Seen, south crossing
- pghw583-23 #21B
- deck girder

0583 4474
Port Authority "T" Bridge over Saw Mill Run Blvd
- pghw583-27 #22A
- deck girder

0583 4473
WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Liberty Av
- pghw583-33 #22
- deck girder

Port Authority "T" over Brookside
- pghw583-34 #23
- deck girder

0584 4477 & 0585 4477
PRR Ft Wayne and PA Canal across North Side #36
-- over Merchant St - pghw584-17
-- over Federal St - pghw584-18
-- over Sandusky St - pghw584-19
-- over Anderson St - pghw584-5
-- Fort Wayne Bridge over Allegheny River - pghe585-12
-- Fort Wayne north approach over I-279 and canal lock site - pghe585-6
-- over Chestnut St - pghe585-4

0584 4472
WLE RR [West Side Belt RR] over Edgebrook
- pghw584-46 #25
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