W.D. Mansfield Memorial Bridge
Encyclopedia
The W.D. Mansfield Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Dravosburg Bridge, is a cantilever bridge
that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River
between McKeesport, Pennsylvania
and Dravosburg, Pennsylvania
. It is a high-level bridge, passing over railyard, industrial sites, and Route 837, to connect Fifth Avenue in McKeesport and Richland Avenue in Dravosburg.
, demolished in 1948, was used in the construction of this bridge.
As built, the Mansfield Bridge carried trolley tracks of Pittsburgh Railways
route 56 McKeesport via 2nd Avenue. The trolley line was replaced by a bus on September 5, 1963.
Cantilever bridge
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road or rail traffic use trusses built from...
that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River
Monongahela River
The Monongahela River is a river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States...
between McKeesport, Pennsylvania
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the United States; it is located at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 19,731 at the 2010 census...
and Dravosburg, Pennsylvania
Dravosburg, Pennsylvania
Dravosburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census...
. It is a high-level bridge, passing over railyard, industrial sites, and Route 837, to connect Fifth Avenue in McKeesport and Richland Avenue in Dravosburg.
History
This structure replaced the low-level 1889 Dravosburg-Reynoldton Bridge. The steel from the Wabash BridgeWabash Bridge
The Wabash Bridge carries rail lines across the Mississippi River between Hannibal, Missouri and Illinois.-History:It has been a vertical lift bridge since 1994, but it was originally constructed as a swing span. The vertical lift span was relocated from a bridge over the Tennessee River at...
, demolished in 1948, was used in the construction of this bridge.
As built, the Mansfield Bridge carried trolley tracks of Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County. It had 666 PCC cars, the third largest fleet in North America. It had 68 street car routes, of which only three are used by the Port Authority as light rail routes...
route 56 McKeesport via 2nd Avenue. The trolley line was replaced by a bus on September 5, 1963.