McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Rou, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

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17 b&w photos
15 data pages
2 photo caption pages

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TITLE:
McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Rou, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,2-MCKRO,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 17 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 14 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-445

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N423).

Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88002168

Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal through arch bridge constructed by Allegheny County as part of an intensive bridge-building campaign during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The bridge is also significant because of its designers and builders, notable the engineers and architects in the Allegheny County Department of Public Works' Bureau of Bridges.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Allegheny County--McKees Rocks
steel arch bridges
transportation
cantilever erection

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa3563

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST.
3/4 VIEW OF MAIN SPAN FROM SOUTHEAST.
ELEVATION OF MAIN SPAN FROM SOUTH.
EAST APPROACH SPANS FROM SOUTH.
3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHEAST.
VIEW ALONG DECK, LOOKING WEST.
VIEW FROM WESTERN MAIN PIER, LOOKING WEST.
WEST END OF ARCH, SHOWING STONE FACED PIER TOPS.
3/4 VIEW FROM BELOW, SHOWING EAST MAIN PIER.
3/4 VIEW OF EAST MAIN PIER.
ELEVATION OF EAST MAIN PIER, FROM EAST.
TYPICAL PIER SUPPORTING EAST APPROACH ARCHES.
VIEW TO WEST ALONG WALKWAY BESIDE ARCH.
WALKWAY AND PLAQUE DETAILS AT EAST MAIN PIER.
PLAQUE ON EAST MAIN PIER.
WESTERN APPROACH SPANS CUTTING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SMALL ARCH SPANS OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AT FAR WEST END OF CAUSEWAY.

CONTROL #:
PA3563

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