Brownsville Bridge

Brownsville Bridge
Carries	SR 4025
Crosses	Monongahela River
Locale	Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Other name(s)	Intercounty Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	945 feet (288 m)
Width	22.6 feet (6.9 m)
Longest span	520 feet (160 m)
Clearance above	20 feet (6.1 m)
History
Opened	1914
Brownsville Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Landmark
Location	LR 268 over Monongahela River, West Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°1′21″N 79°53′24″W / 40.02250°N 79.89000°W / 40.02250; -79.89000Coordinates: 40°1′21″N 79°53′24″W / 40.02250°N 79.89000°W / 40.02250; -79.89000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architect	Herman & Armstrong; Ft. Pitt Bridge Works
Architectural style	Pennsylvania Petit truss
MPS	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference #	88000834[1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1988

Approaching the bridge from West Brownsville.

The Brownsville Bridge, also known as the Intercounty Bridge, is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The bridge was completed in 1914 to replace an 1831 wooden structure that was ill-suited for the vehicular traffic that the National Road was beginning to carry. The famous federal route has crossed the river at this point since its inception, with ferry service in the early nineteenth century. In 1960, the Lane Bane Bridge was constructed just downstream and U.S. Route 40 was moved to the new high-level structure. Currently, the route serves local traffic and is meant to tie together the interconnected towns on each bank.

It is designated as a historic bridge by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation.^[2]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of crossings of the Monongahela River

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brownsville Bridge.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-472, "Old Brownsville Bridge"
• National Register nomination form

Crossings of the Monongahela River Upstream Maxwell Lock & Dam Brownsville Bridge Downstream Lane Bane Bridge

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