Vanport Bridge
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Vanport Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°40′45″N 80°19′53″W / 40.67917°N 80.33139°W |
Carries | 4 lanes of I-376 |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | Vanport Township, Pennsylvania |
Maintained by | PennDOT |
Characteristics | |
Design | Continuous truss bridge |
Longest span | 220 m |
History | |
Opened | 1968 |
Location | |
The Vanport Bridge is a four-lane continuous truss bridge that carries Interstate 376 (former Pennsylvania Route 60) across the Ohio River in Vanport Township, Pennsylvania. A total of $10,476,268 was spent on construction of the 1,762-foot bridge over the Ohio River connecting Vanport and Potter townships, which was opened to traffic on December 23, 1968.[1] As a vital part of the Beaver Valley Expressway it was carrying near 30,000 vehicles daily in 1990.[2] In January 1990, bridge was closed for three days after corrosion and 14 cracks in welds ranging from 7 to 34 inches were discovered during routine PennDot inspection. Damage was located in the bottom truss plate holding the steel box beam in the central span.[3] Passenger traffic was rerouted to the Rochester–Monaca Bridge; trucks — to the Shippingport Bridge. The Vanport Bridge was reopened after no imminent danger was found with repairs and clean-up scheduled.
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- Continuous truss bridges in the United States
- Bridges completed in 1968
- Bridges over the Ohio River
- Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges on the Interstate Highway System
- Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)
- Steel bridges in the United States
- 1968 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs