Port Perry Bridge (Pennsylvania Railroad)

PRR Port Perry Bridge
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Coordinates	40.3871°N 79.8513°W / 40.3871; -79.8513
Carries	Norfolk Southern Railway Port Perry Branch
Crosses	Monongahela River
Locale	North Versailles Township, Pennsylvania and Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Longest span	409.5 feet (124.8 m)
Clearance below	45.6 feet (13.9 m)
History
Opened	1903
Location

The PPR Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Port Perry Branch of the Norfolk Southern Railway across the Monongahela River between the Pennsylvania towns of North Versailles Township, and Duquesne. The bridge was built to serve the Pennsylvania Railroad, to provide better access to industrial sites, and to help through trains bypass downtown Pittsburgh. Today, the bridge and corresponding route serve a similar purpose and are used to allow high-level loads, especially double-stacked container cars, to avoid the narrower routes through Pittsburgh.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• Port Perry, Pennsylvania

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-300, "Conrail Port Perry Bridge"
• "PRR Port Perry Bridge". pghbridges.com.