Brownsville Bridge
Brownsville Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°01′23″N 79°53′24″W / 40.023°N 79.89°W |
| Crosses | Monongahela River |
| Locale | Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania |
| Other name(s) | Intercounty Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Total length | 945 ft |
| Width | 22.6 ft |
| Longest span | 520 ft |
| Clearance above | 20 ft |
| History | |
| Opened | 1914 |
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The Brownsville Bridge, also known as the Intercounty Bridge, is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The bridge was completed in 1914 to repalace an 1831 wooden structure that was ill suited for the vehicular traffic that the National Road was beginning to carry. The famous federal route has crossed the river at this point since its inception, with ferry service in the early Ninteenth Century. In 1960, the Lane Bane Bridge was constructed just upstream and U.S. Route 40 was moved to the new high level structure. Currently, the route serves local traffic and is meant to tie together the interconnected towns on each bank.
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