Fleming Park Bridge

Coordinates: 40°29′28″N 80°04′48″W / 40.49111°N 80.08000°W / 40.49111; -80.08000
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Fleming Park Bridge
Coordinates40°29′28″N 80°04′48″W / 40.49111°N 80.08000°W / 40.49111; -80.08000
CarriesNeville Rd, Fleming Park Rd; four lanes with divided sidewalk on upstream side
CrossesOhio River
LocaleNeville Township, Pennsylvania and Stowe Township, Pennsylvania
Characteristics
DesignSteel truss bridge
Total length953 ft
Longest span390 ft
History
Opened1955
Location
Map

The Fleming Park Bridge is a crossing of the Ohio River, between Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and Neville Island, Pennsylvania.

Description

The bridge, a through truss, was built in 1955. It spans the back channel of the Ohio River, between Neville Island and Stowe Township, PA. The structure replaced an 1894 girder bridge that stood on the same property. Although the back channel of the Ohio River is only 590 feet wide, about 660 feet of bridge travel over water, because of the unique 65 degree angle of the structure's trajectory.[1]

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