Masontown Bridge

Masontown Bridge

PA 21 on Masontown bridge
Other name(s) Intercounty Bridge
Carries 2 divided lanes of PA 21
Crosses Monongahela River
Locale Masontown, Pennsylvania and Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Maintained by PennDOT
Design Pennsylvania truss bridge
Total length 1,466 feet (447 m)
Vertical clearance 21 feet (6.4 m)
Clearance below 55.8 feet (17.0 m)
Constructed by Independent Bridge Company, Pittsburgh
Opened 1925

The Masontown Bridge is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Masontown, Pennsylvania and Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The structure was built in 1925 and rehabilitated in 1993. Once known as the Intercounty Bridge, it is schedule for replacement in 2011 or 2012.

The bridge is one of my large truss bridges built in Pennsylvania and Ohio by Farris Engineering in the 1920s.[1] This bridge was constructed by the Independent Bridge Company, Pittsburgh.[2] The structure passes directly in front of the large Hatfield Power Plant and thus carries a large amount of associated truck traffic.

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  1. ^ "Masontown Bridge". August 2007. http://www.historicbridges.org/pennsylvania/masontown/. Retrieved January 1, 2012. 
  2. ^ "Rebuild 21 - bridge". http://rebuild21.com/bridge.htm. Retrieved January 1, 2012. 

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