OTHER DESIGNATION:
Ohio River Boulevard over Verner Av

LOCATION:
Pittsburgh

USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
Pittsburgh West - Zone 17; 0581 4480

BETWEEN:
-- Millerton Av
-- Termon Avenue Approach

CROSSES:
-- Verner Av

LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
210 ft

TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):
390 ft

HEIGHT OF DECK:
80 ft est

YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1930, Allegheny County

PITTSBURGH OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 1985 {logo} American Society of Civil Engineers - Founded 1852 JACKS RUN BRIDGE - ROUTE 65 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Presented by the Pittsburgh Section, ASCE

from the PennDOT Historic Bridges Survey

"The bridge carries the 4 lane, Ohio River Boulevard (SR 65) over Verner Avenue in a wooded setting that gives way to modern, franchise commercial development and scattered highly altered early-20th century buildings. It was built as part of the Ohio River Boulevard, the highway designed to speed traffic to the McKees Rocks bridge. The highway has lost integrity due to alterations to its original geometry and roadside features as well as extensive modern development along it. Neither the highway nor the setting have historic district potential.

The 1930, 390'-long, reinforced concrete, ribbed, open spandrel arch has a 210'-long main span and slab approach spans supported on concrete abutments and concrete column and cap bents. About 1980 the bridge was widened by the removal of the original cantilevered deck sections and balustrades and placement of wider cantilevered deck sections with plain bracketed supports and safety shape barriers at the roadway curbs. The sidewalks are finished with chain link fence pedestrian barriers. Most of the columns have been shotcreted. Neither the bridge nor its setting and context are historically or technologically significant due to extensive alterations. It was determined not eligible by PHMC in 1986."

Introduction -- Nearby Structures