Ohiopyle Highway Bridge

Ohiopyle Highway Bridge
Coordinates 39°52′N 79°29′W / 39.87°N 79.49°W / 39.87; -79.49Coordinates: 39°52′N 79°29′W / 39.87°N 79.49°W / 39.87; -79.49
Carries two lanes of PA 381
Crosses Youghiogheny River
Locale Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
Design girder bridge
Total length 663 feet (202 m)
History
Opened 1976

The Ohiopyle Highway Bridge is a structure that carries two lanes of Pennsylvania Route 381 Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

The span, which opened in 1975, is the third to be located in the vicinity. An original 19th-century covered bridge was replaced by a Pratt truss bridge around 1900. Because of a low-clearance underpass located directly adjacent to its southern approach, this structure proved to be obsolete once the automobile replaced the train as the primary method of tourism in the years following World War II. Although already scheduled for replacement, the discovery of a major fatigue crack sealed the fate of this structure, leading the way for the present girder bridge to be erected.

Coordinates: 39°52′15″N 79°29′35″W / 39.87078°N 79.49293°W / 39.87078; -79.49293


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