Pinkerton's Landing Bridge
The Pinkerton's Landing Bridge (officially known as the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge at Munhall[2]) is a truss bridge that carries CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision across the Monongahela River between Munhall, Pennsylvania and Rankin, Pennsylvania, United States. The structure's nickname references the 1892 Homestead strike.
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Detail of the Truss bridge architecture.
Pinkerton's Landing Bridge | |
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![]() Looking upriver with Munhall at right. Carrie Furnace visible at left and Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge further upriver | |
Coordinates | 40.4147°N 79.8968°W |
Carries | CSX Pittsburgh Subdivision |
Crosses | Monongahela River |
Locale | Munhall, Pennsylvania and Rankin, Pennsylvania |
Other name(s) | Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny (Pemickey) Railroad Bridge[1] P&LE Railroad Bridge at Munhall[2] |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Longest span | 250 feet (76 m) |
Clearance below | 51.6 feet (15.7 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1883[2] |
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It is also known as the Pemickey Bridge, for the Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad (P. McK. & Y., pronounced "Pemickey") which used to run over the bridge.[3]
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Looking downriver: Munhall at left
See also
- Homestead Strike
- List of crossings of the Monongahela River
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pinkerton's Landing Bridge. |
- "Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad; Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- "PLE RR Bridge at Munhall - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA". Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- Burgoyne, Arthur. "Arthur Burgoyne, On the Battle of Homestead, 1893". ExplorePAHistory.com. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
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