• de
  • en
  • fr
  • International Database and Gallery of Structures

Coraopolis Bridge

Corapolis Bridge, Corapolis, Pennsylvania.(HAER, PA,2-CORA,1-3)
Corapolis Bridge, Corapolis, Pennsylvania.(HAER, PA,2-CORA,1-1)
Corapolis Bridge, Corapolis, Pennsylvania.(HAER, PA,2-CORA,1-2)

General Information

Structural Type: Pennsylvania (Petit) truss bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Other name(s): Sixth Street Bridge
Completed in: 1927
Status: demolished

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America
Crosses
  • Ohio River
Replaces Sixth Street Bridge (1859)

Technical Information

Materials

truss steel

Chronology

1892

Originally constructed across the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh as the third Sixth Street Bridge, replacing a Roebling suspension bridge.
1927

The two main spans are floated downriver to their present location across the Ohio River at Coraopolis.

Participants

Initial construction (1892)

Contractor

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

There is no relevant literature listed in the database.

Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0009579
Created: 29/06/2003
Last Updated: 24/04/2013