Rochester-Monaca Bridge

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The Monaca-Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Monaca, Pennsylvania and Rochester, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1986 and is the third bridge to occupy the site. It replaced a 1930 steel truss cantilever bridge which itself replaced a suspension bridge built in 1896.

1914 postcard photo of the original Monaca-Rochester suspension bridge.

The bridge is also called the Rochester-Monaca Bridge; since 1987, the bridge is named each year in honor of the winner of the Rochester vs. Monaca high school football game. With Monaca's recent victory over Rochester^[1], the bridge will be known as the Monaca-Rochester Bridge, snapping a four-game losing streak against Rochester in the process.

[edit] See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River

[edit] External links

• Postcard images of the first two bridges
• 1930 essay commemorating the suspension bridge
• List of major continuous truss bridges

Bridges of the Ohio River Upstream Monaca-East Rochester Bridge Monaca-Rochester Bridge Downstream Beaver Bridge

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