Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Pennsylvania Union (URR) 1898 Port Perry Bridge over Monongahela River at Duquesne, PA

(Bridge Hunter; pghbridges; from kent's commentSatellite)


Another name for this bridge is Union RR Port Perry Hot Metal Bridge.

I labeled these notes as "rrIndustrial" because the URR is owned by Transtar, which is owned by US Steel.

In the following two photos, this bridge is on the left. The bridge on the right is the NS/PRR bridge.
HAER PA,2-POPER,1--1

HAER PA,2-POPER,1--3

This photo of the NS/PRR bridge was taken from this bridge.
HAER PA,2-POPER,1--7

7. CONRAIL PORT PERRY BRIDGE SHOT OVER UNION RAILROAD BRADDOCK YARD FROM URR HOT METAL BRIDGE, FACING SOUTH.


Jack D. Kuiphoff posted
CR, Conrail SD60M #5503, and SD50 #6717 with a westbound stack train, crossing the Monongahela River on the Port Perry bridge at, Duquesne, Pennsylvania. March 11, 1999. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
Roger Riblett shared
Herb Wilson: of all the tracks shown in this photo...how many are still there and in use?
Jason Minier: Look up DJ's Trains on YouTube. He has several videos covering this spot, and also models it
Jack D. Kuiphoff posted, same comment
Randall Hampton shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
At least both bridges still have all of their connections.
40°23'15.3"N 79°51'05.9"W










1 comment:

  1. Thanks for all of the work that you've done to catalog and capture this important history. Here's a link to a recent photo of this bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Railroad_Port_Perry_Bridge#/media/File:Union_Railroad_Port_Perry_Bridge_2_zoomed.jpg

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