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Port Perry Bridge (Union Railroad)

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Coordinates: 40°23′17″N 79°51′08″W / 40.3880°N 79.8522°W / 40.3880; -79.8522
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Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge
Coordinates40°23′17″N 79°51′08″W / 40.3880°N 79.8522°W / 40.3880; -79.8522
CarriesPennsylvania Union Railroad
CrossesMonongahela River
LocaleNorth Versailles, Pennsylvania and Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Other name(s)Union Railroad Hot Metal Bridge
Characteristics
DesignTruss bridge
Longest span378 feet (115 m)
Clearance below55.2 feet (16.8 m)
History
Opened1898
Location
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The Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Union Railroad across the Monongahela River between Duquesne, Pennsylvania and the former town site of Port Perry in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.[1][2] Industrial pipelines adorn the bridge, conveying coke oven gas produced at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works to the company's Edgar Thomson Steel Works near the north end of the bridge for use as fuel.

References

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  1. ^ "Union Railroad | Port Perry, Pennsylvania | MP15 17 and 13 | Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge | April 9, 2002 | Dick Flock photograph | National Railway Historical Society, Inc". nrhs.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. ^ "PA CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS". www.pacfteamsters.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
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