1896: A suspension bridge
1930: A cantilever bridge
1986: (Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges (built 1986); 3D Satellite)It is also called the Monaca Rochester Bridge.
Monaca has three impressive truss bridges including this relatively modern one.
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| Jackson-Township historical preservation posted The Monaca Bridge in the borough of Rochester, Beaver County around 1919. |
A photo of the 1930 cantilever bridge.
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| Little Beaver Historical Society posted 1948 aerial view confluence of the Beaver and Ohio river. [The Ohio River road bridge is on the left, and the Ohio River railroad bridge is on the right.] Lloyd Scott Hardin shared Dennis DeBruler: This is the first photo I have seen that has the 1930-86 cantilever bridge. |
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| Little Beaver Historical Society posted Construction of the first Rochester /Monaca Bridge. The first of 3 bridges between the two towns this original bridge crossed very near where the Beaver Valley Bowl building is. The next bridge was where the current bridge sits. Dale Barrett: built in the late 1890's, stood till the new bridge was built in 1930. |
According to some comments on the above post, this 10th Street remnant went to the bridge.
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| Street View, Aug 2024 (Satellite) |
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| Shell Pennsylvania Chemicals posted In this week of Thanksgiving, we'd like to express our thanks to everyone who attended the Monaca Community Meeting on Thursday. We enjoyed the opportunity to meet you in person, and appreciate your valuable thoughts and feedback. (photo credit: monacapa.net) [Shell is building a huge polyethylene plant in Monaca.] |
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| S Ock, Dec 2018 |
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| Phil Martin Photgraphy posted A boat headed under the Rochester-Monaca Bridge. |
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| Ian Bowling posted CSX Q331 passes over the ex P&LE Beaver Bridge to continue it’s journey West towards New Castle, PA. The tracks below are the NS the Cleveland Line and in the distance to the left, are the tracks for the NS Fort Wayne Line. Enjoy! Bridgewater, PA Roger Riblett shared [The first road bridge is this bridge.] |
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| Climbing Skies posted A distant confluence of the Beaver & Ohio Rivers, along with some of the bridges, from near Allaire Park in Monaca Heights in Beaver County, PA. |
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| Gretchen Brubaker Harich commented on a post Saw it as it [LST-325] went up the river to Pgh!!! |
This bridge is in the foreground and the East Rochester-Monaca Bridge is in the background.
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| Climbing Skies posted Barges being brought back down the Ohio River and in between the E. Rochester / Monaca & Rochester / Monaca Bridges in Beaver County, PA. |
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| Climbing Skies posted Coming back down the Ohio River, under the Rochester-Monaca Bridge, with empty barges in Beaver County, PA. Malachi Issac: Nice pic. He's got quite the mixed tow of empties, couple jumbo barges, 4 stumbos, couple standards and some sand flats possibly, the captain also knows to keep the flat side of the tow on his port side to slide down the long lock wall at Montgomery locks and dam a few miles down river. He also has the head square on his starboard side so as to avoid collision with the middle wall bullnose at the locks also. He's definitely a seasoned pilot. All in all, great pic my friend. Dennis DeBruler: Malachi Issac Thanks for the explanation. I was surprised to see four barges abreast. Your comment reminded me that 35' x 200' barges are considered jumbos and the standard size is 26' x 175'. So four standard sized barges are a foot skinnier than three jumbo barges and easily fit in a 110' wide lock. I watch tows on the Lower Ohio, Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, and I have seen only 15 jumbo tows. I did not know that the standard size is still used. Malachi Issac: Dennis DeBruler Yes, all jumbos aren't 200' though ......most rake end jumbos are 195'x35 and all box end jumbos are 200'x35'. Yes sir you are correct on the 4 standard barges.175x26...there are still some standards in service, sometimes rare, but still out there and hauling cargo....You'll see a lot more of them on the upper Mon river, with what little industry is left up there. Climbing Skies: Dennis DeBruler Good info Dennis! |
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