1884: (Archived Bridge Hunter link is broke; Bridge Hunter)
1933: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite) |
| Street View, Jul 2024 |
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| Postcard via BridgeHunter_1884 The Girard Locks were on the Beaver Division Canal. |
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| HistoricBridges "This is a very impressive Parker through truss with a pony truss approach span. The Rochester-Bridgewater Bridge has excellent historic integrity with no noteworthy alterations. This bridge's unusual span arrangement from east to west consists of a short through truss span, long through truss span, and pony truss span. Local urban legend apparently claims that this design was to make the bridge look like the shape of a beaver, since it crosses the Beaver River. This is likely just a tale. The design of each span is a result of what the bridge is crossing which includes both the Beaver River and a railroad." Nathan goes on to explain that these trusses are examples of Pennsylvania's standard plans for short, medium and long trusses. |
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| Climbing Skies posted Bridge shaped like a Beaver spanning the Beaver River in Beaver County, PA 🦫🌉 Ethan James: flat tail on the left, body in the middle, head on the right Russell Glenz: Although there are arguments that the engineer did not purposely designed it to look like a Beaver. It sure looks like it. This bridge was built at the Ambridge USS Steel plant in 1933 to replace the other steel bridge that had a wooden deck that caught fire from a car fire a few years earlier. Most people view this bridge as a beaver swimming in the water. There are plans to put a new deck on it and putting a lighting design into the structure. I want to suggest putting eyes and buck teeth on it. That would turn it into a tourist attraction and bring more income into the County. I get to look at this bridge everyday and I can't wait to see the refurbishing to happen! |
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| Climbing Skies posted Looking up the Beaver River, from near the confluence, with Bridgewater on the left and Rochester on the right during a summer morning in Beaver County, PA. |
The background bridge is this bridge. The foreground bridge is the NS/Pennsy Bridge, and the one in the middle is the PA-51 Bridge.
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| Climbing Skies posted Looking up at some of the bridges spanning the Beaver River near the confluence with the Ohio River in Beaver County, PA. Bob Couch: I once heard that the furthest bridge was constructed to resemble a beaver. (head, body, tail) Climbing Skies: Bob Couch Yes you can see it in this image. The head is by Rochester and the longer tail is by Bridgewater |
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