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The Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge is a
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, or ...
that carries the Pennsylvania Union Railroad across the
Monongahela River The Monongahela River ( , )—often referred to locally as the Mon ()—is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-cen ...
between
Duquesne, Pennsylvania Duquesne ( ) is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census. History The city of Duquesne was settled in 1789 and incorp ...
and the former town site of
Port Perry Port Perry is a community located in Scugog, Ontario, Canada. The town is located northeast of central Toronto and north of Oshawa and Whitby. Port Perry has a population of 9,453 as of 2016. Port Perry serves as the administrative and commerc ...
in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. Industrial pipelines adorn the bridge, as coke oven gas originating from U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works is conveyed to the company's
Edgar Thomson Steel Works The Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a steel mill in the Pittsburgh area communities of Braddock and North Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States. It has been active since 1875. It is currently owned by U.S. Steel and is known as Mon Valley Works – ...
near the north end of the bridge for use as fuel. Union Railroad is owned and operated by Transtar, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.


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Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania Bridges over the Monongahela River Bridges completed in 1898 Bridges in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania U.S. Steel Metal bridges in the United States Truss bridges in the United States 1898 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub