The Vanport Bridge is a four-lane

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that carries

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(former

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) across the

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. A total of $10,476,268 was spent on construction of the 1,762-foot bridge over the Ohio River connecting Vanport and

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townships, which was opened to traffic on December 23, 1968. As a vital part of the Beaver Valley Expressway it was carrying near 30,000 vehicles daily in 1990. In January 1990, bridge was closed for three days after corrosion and 14 cracks in welds ranging from 7 to 34 inches were discovered during routine

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inspection. Damage was located in the bottom truss plate holding the steel box beam in the central span.Vanport Bridge diagnosis, ''The Pittsburgh Press'', January 5, 1990. Passenger traffic was rerouted to the Rochester–Monaca Bridge; trucks — to the

Shippingport Bridge The Shippingport Bridge is a cantilevered through truss bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 168 across the Ohio River 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–Kentuc ...

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Continuous truss bridges in the United States Bridges completed in 1968 Bridges over the Ohio River Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania Road bridges in Pennsylvania Bridges on the Interstate Highway System Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey) Steel bridges in the United States 1968 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub