Friday, March 18, 2016

1972,2009 Donora Monessen Bridge over Monongahela River

If you are here because of "B&O Bridge #464 over Old River in Cleveland, OH," then you need to go there.

(Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite

This deck truss bridge is 2141' (653m) long with a span of 608' (185m). [BridgeHunter]

Street View, Nov 2021

I include this view to show that it launches from a high river bluff.
Street View, Sep 2016

I learned of this bridge because of this photo of a steel mill. It is in the left background.
Frank Jacobs III posted via Dennis DeBruler
Monessen Pa

wtae
It is officially the Stan Musial Bridge because Donora was his hometown.
[But no source that I looked at including Google Maps has used that name.]

This is what it looked like before it was rehabilitated.
Scott Beveridge Flickr

Jacob H. Ford Photography added
Here's another shot from this morning, of the towboat, King Conan pushing a few barges down the Monongahela River towards the Donora/Monessen Bridge, while the morning sunlight illuminated the rising fog, creating a perfect silhouette of the bridge seen through a filter of fog. I included some vegetation along the riverbank in the foreground of this image to give it a little more perspective and scale, and am really happy with the way this shot turned out was well, though slightly different from the last image I shared earlier. Still quite a few more images to share from this morning's fog in the valley, so stay tuned for those. Enjoy!
Photo taken: September 9, 2025
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Prints —-> Coming soon! 


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