The Shippingport Bridge is a cantilevered

through truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, o ...

carrying

Pennsylvania Route 168 Pennsylvania Route 168 (PA 168) is a highway in Western Pennsylvania that runs for from Pennsylvania Route 18 in Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania, Frankfort Springs to Pennsylvania Route 208 in Volant, Pennsylvania, Volant. PA 168 intersects or ...

across the Ohio RiverCase Study: Field Testing the Shippingport Bridge
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Shippingport, Pennsylvania Shippingport is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 159 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Shippingport is home to the Beaver Val ...

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Industry, Pennsylvania Industry is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,833. History The borough was organized as the Township of Industry in 1856 from an electoral district named Indust ...

. It was constructed in 1961. From 1951 until the opening of this bridge in 1964, PA 168 was accessed across the river via Cooks Ferry. The southern approach to the bridge is adjacent to the Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station. On May 14, 1969, the Chester Bridge (1896–1970) between

East Liverpool, Ohio East Liverpool is a city in southeastern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River within the Upper Ohio Valley and borders Pennsylvania to the east and West Virginia to t ...

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Chester, West Virginia Chester is a city in northern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,214 at the 2020 census. Sharing a border with Ohio and lying about west of Pennsylvania, Chester is the northernmost city in ...

, which had carried U.S. 30 across the Ohio River, was permanently closed. From that day until November 7, 1977, when the Jennings Randolph Bridge was opened to traffic, the Shippingport Bridge carried what was temporarily designated as "Detour U.S. 30". That detour used Ohio S.R. 39 through the East End of East Liverpool to reach Pennsylvania S.R. 68. It remained on that route through Midland, PA, then used Pennsylvania S.R. 168 on the Shippingport Bridge to cross the river. From there, it proceeded southwest along highway 168 through Hoookstown, PA, where it then turned and rejoined U.S. 30 about south of that hamlet.

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Bridges over the Ohio River Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania Road bridges in Pennsylvania Cantilever bridges in the United States Truss bridges in the United States 1964 establishments in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1964 {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub

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