OFFICIAL NAME:
OTHER DESIGNATION:
Fleming Park Neville Island Bridge
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LOCATION:
Neville Twp - Stowe Twp
USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Pittsburgh West - Zone 17; 0577 4482
CARRIED:
Neville Rd, Fleming Park Rd
BETWEEN:
-- Neville Rd (Neville Island)
-- Old Fleming Park Rd, Island Av [PA51]
CROSSED:
-- Ohio River back channel at Mile 5.3
-- PC&Y RR [CSX RR]
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
Pratt through truss, 3 equal spans, 1 shorter truss over RR; deck girder approach spans
LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
HEIGHT OF DECK:
YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1894 (removed 1955)
ADDITIONAL INFO:
This structure was one of two built to allow a streetcar connection between Coraopolis (Middletown) and Pittsburgh via Neville Island (Montour Island). The shape of the bearing plates of this bridge are visible in the abutment on the Neville Island end of the current bridge.
The top photo shows the bridge before the 1921 Emsworth Dam controlled the pool level of the Ohio River. The river level is much higher now -- covering about half the exposed height of the PCY RR piers. The truss configuration of the PCY RR bridge was changed after this photo.
At Cole Av, a previous route of Neville Av in Fleming Park, a filled arch shows the location of the underpass which once led under Old Fleming Park Rd [current PA51].
The original Fleming Park bridge was replaced in 1955.
FIELD CHECKED:
INFO SOURCES:
Maurey, Edward B. "Where the West began; a story of Coraopolis and the Ohio Valley." Coraopolis, PA : Record Pub. Co. 1930.
