Vanport Bridge
| Vanport Bridge | |
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The Vanport Bridge at dusk.
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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 |
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. $10,476,268 were 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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Crossings of the Ohio River
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