The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt, Pittsburgh's innermost beltline, across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. It connects Pennsylvania Route 65 with Pennsylvania Route 51, west of the city.
McKees Rocks Bridge | |
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 The bridge in 2006 | |
| Coordinates | 40°28′37″N 80°02′56″W / 40.47704°N 80.0489°W |
| Carries |  SR 3104 /  Blue Belt3 lanes of roadway |
| Crosses | Ohio River |
| Locale | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Through arch bridge |
| Total length | 7,293 feet (2,223 m) |
| Longest span | 750 feet (228.6 m) |
| Clearance below | 100 feet (30 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1931 |
McKees Rocks Bridge | |
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| Location | SR 3104 over Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Vernon R. Covell |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002168 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 1988[1] |
| Designated PHLF | 2003[2] |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of McKees Rocks Bridge | |
History and architectural features
editAt 7,293 feet (2,223 m) long, this historic bridge is the longest bridge in Allegheny County.[3]
Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1][4]
The stretch of the bridge from Island Avenue was the successor to the O'Donovan Bridge, which ran from Island Avenue to the "Bottoms" of McKees Rocks from 1904 to 1931.
Gallery
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The bridge in 1997
Western span of the bridge over railroad tracks in 2009
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ↑ Rotenstein, David S. (1997). "McKee's Rocks Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Pat A. Remy, PennDOT (March 1985). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS McKees Rocks Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to McKees Rocks Bridge.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-445, "McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA", 17 photos, 15 data pages
- McKees Rocks Bridge at HistoricBridges.org