The Monaca–East Rochester Bridge is a steel through
continuous truss bridge
A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge which extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads ...
which crosses the
Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
between
Monaca, Pennsylvania and
East Rochester, Pennsylvania
East Rochester is a borough in central Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 563 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Geography
East Rochester is located at (40.698166, -80.268032). ...
. It opened in 1959 and was tolled until 1973. By the late 1970s, the segment of PA 51 from 17th Street in Monaca to its concurrency with PA 18 across the Monaca-Rochester Bridge was moved to its current alignment across the Monaca–East Rochester Bridge and its brief concurrencies with PA 65 and PA 68.
See also
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List of crossings of the Ohio River
This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the mouth at the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois to the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Illinois–Kentu ...
External links
List of major continuous truss bridges
Bridges over the Ohio River
Bridges completed in 1959
Continuous truss bridges in the United States
Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Road bridges in Pennsylvania
Former toll bridges in Pennsylvania
Steel bridges in the United States
1959 establishments in Pennsylvania
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