McKees Rocks Bridge

McKees Rocks Bridge
Carries	SR 3104 / Blue Belt 3 lanes of roadway
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Design	Through arch bridge
Total length	7,293 ft (2,223 m)
Longest span	750 ft (230 m)
Clearance below	100 ft (30 m)
Opened	1931
Coordinates	40.47704°N 80.0489°W / 40.47704; -80.0489

McKees Rocks Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	SR 3104 over Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Built:	1931
Architect:	Covell, V.R.
Architectural style:	Other
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference#:	88002168
Added to NRHP:	November 14, 1988

The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, west of Pittsburgh.

At 7,293 feet (2,223 m) long, it is the longest bridge in Allegheny County.

Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River

The McKees Rocks Bridge from Island Avenue in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. This stretch of the bridge was the successor to the O'Donovan Bridge, which ran from Island Avenue to the "Bottoms" of McKees Rocks from 1904 to 1931.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-445, "McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA," 17 photos and 15 data pages
• McKees Rocks Bridge at pghbridges.com