Kittanning Citizens Bridge

Kittanning Citizens Bridge
Carries Motor vehicles (two lanes of Business US 422), pedestrians
Crosses Allegheny River
Locale Kittanning and West Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Design Truss bridge
Total length 949 feet (289 m)
Clearance below 47 feet (14.3 m)
Opened 1932

The Kittanning Citizens Bridge is a through truss bridge spanning the Allegheny River at Kittanning in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1932, the bridge carries vehicles and pedestrians between Kittanning and West Kittanning. The bridge was used as a backdrop, and climax scene in the 2002 horror, suspense film, The Mothman Prophecies. In the film, it played the famous Silver Bridge which collapsed in 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

The bridge is 949 feet (289 m) in length and has three main spans. Deck width is 16.3 feet (5.0 m) and navigational clearance beneath is 47 feet (14.3 m).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Citizens Bridge

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