Saturday, February 25, 2023

1897-1938 Brown's Bridge over Monogahela River at Homestead, PA

(no Bridge Hunter; Satellite, at the end of the Old Browns Hill Road)

Stuff Thats Gone posted four images with the comment:
... the 1902 Fowler 'map' of Homestead PA shows the original 1897 Homestead & Highland Bridge aka Brown's Bridge... built for the streetcar line from Highland Park... it's eastern end landed at 2nd Avenue and was subject to congestion because of two 9-ft lanes... In 1937 the Homestead High Level Bridge now Homestead Grays Bridge was constructed which landed at 8th Avenue, flying over the multiple railroad lines... and was a wide four lanes... They dropped the "Low Level Bridge" span by Span in early 1938...
... The STG boys visited the remaining bridge abutments in the 1990s...
Photos courtesy of Library of Congress and Carnegie Library
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SquirrelHillHistory
"Brown’s Bridge, also called the Homestead & Highland Bridge, opened in 1895. The 1,300-foot truss bridge with five spans cost $150,000 to build. It rose 54 feet above water level."
[This article also talks about Homestead Grays Bridge.]

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