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The Beaver Bridge
2010.02.12
At the confluence of the Ohio and Beaver rivers looking towards the Beaver River Valley from Monaca. This impressive bridge carries two CSX Transportation tracks.
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View from the riverfront drive in Beaver, PA
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Seen from the old Pittsburgh and Lake Erie freight station in Beaver, PA.
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This arched concrete span seen from the riverfront drive in Beaver, PA carries CSX tracks over Norfolk Southern tracks on the approach to the Beaver Bridge between the freight station and the camelback truss.
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The opposite side....
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The Beaver Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the Ohio River between Monaca and Beaver, Pennsylvania. It consists of two spans: a southern cantilever through truss of 769 feet with 320-foot anchor arms; and a northern camelback through truss of 370 feet. The bridge currently carries two tracks of CSX Transportation.
The bridge was designed by Albert Lucius and built by McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh between March 1908 and May 1910 for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The bridge is notable in that the railroad proceeded with the cantilever design despite the collapse of the Quebec cantilever bridge during construction in 1907. The Beaver bridge replaced a single-track bridge built in 1890, 300 feet downstream from the current bridge's position, which itself replaced an 1878 wrought iron bridge at the same location.
The bridge was designed by Albert Lucius and built by McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh between March 1908 and May 1910 for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The bridge is notable in that the railroad proceeded with the cantilever design despite the collapse of the Quebec cantilever bridge during construction in 1907. The Beaver bridge replaced a single-track bridge built in 1890, 300 feet downstream from the current bridge's position, which itself replaced an 1878 wrought iron bridge at the same location.
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Nice work I really like #3. I wonder if you could get close enough if you could get some nice rail line perspective shots as well. For another post!
????? · 2010-02-13: 13:06
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Nice set! I really like the compositions on the first and third ... this is a very scary post ... I have and irrational fear of bridges ... terrified when we drive over them ...
????? · 2010-02-13: 23:12
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Very interesting post! I like the first bridge the most: has a very powerful image, especially in #3.
YUKJA · 2010-02-14: 09:12
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Brillinat shots, fantastic composition and perspectives. I really like #3 for the angle and perpsective. Interesting notes too.
jevsnw · 2010-02-14: 17:26
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