Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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

(Bridge Hunter; pghbridges; from kent's comment; Satellite)


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

Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography posted
Union Railroad and Norfolk Southern trains meet over the waters of the Monongahela River as they each cross their respective bridges [NS/Pennsy is the other one] out of Duquesne, Pennsylvania. Five MP15's from the Union Railroad's Job 66B are taking headroom as they drop cars into the railroad's yard, while Norfolk Southern intermodal train 260 uses the Port Perry Branch to get on the Pittsburgh Line and continue its trip east.
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6/8/2024
URR Mon Southern Branch
Duquesne, PA
URR Job 66B (Coke Empties/ Local; Clairton Coke Works - Clairton, PA to Dexter Yard - East Pittsburgh, PA)
URR 31 MP15DC Blt. 1977
URR 18 MP15DC Blt. 1975
URR 26 MP15DC Blt. 1976
URR 17 MP15DC Blt. 1975
URR 34 MP15DC Blt. 1977
NS Port Perry Branch
NS 260 (Intermodal; 47th Street Yard - Chicago, IL to GI8 - Harrisburg, PA)
NS 4454 AC44C6M Ex. NS 9273 C44-9W, NS 9273 C40-9W Blt. 1999
NS 9733 C44-9W Ex. NS 9733 C40-9W Blt. 2001

Note this bridge in the left background. What I learned from this photo is that the west approach uses concrete arches.
Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
Original racing coaster that followed the bluff bordering the Monongahela River at Kennywood Park near Pittsburgh. This ride operated from 1910 thru 1926 and is similar to the route of today's Olde Kennywood Railroad. After this coaster closed, it was replaced with The Racer which is still in operation today.

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1 comment:

  1. kentOctober 8, 2020 at 10:11 AM

    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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