Rochester–Monaca Bridge

Monaca–Rochester Bridge
Center span of the current bridge.
Carries	2 lanes of PA 18
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Monaca, Pennsylvania, Rochester, Pennsylvania
Design	Steel continuous truss bridge
Longest span	780 feet (240 m)[citation needed]
Clearance below	69 feet (21 m)[citation needed]
Opened	1896, 1930, 1986
Coordinates	40°41′47″N 80°16′57″W / 40.6965°N 80.2825°W / 40.6965; -80.2825Coordinates: 40°41′47″N 80°16′57″W / 40.6965°N 80.2825°W / 40.6965; -80.2825

The Monaca–Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Monaca, Pennsylvania and Rochester, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1986 and is the third bridge to occupy the site. It replaced a 1930 steel truss cantilever bridge which itself replaced a suspension bridge built in 1896.

1914 postcard photo of the original Monaca-Rochester suspension bridge.

The Rochester approach to the bridge.

Naming tradition

The bridge is also called the Rochester–Monaca Bridge. From 1987 to 2009, the bridge was named each year in honor of the winner of the Rochester vs. Monaca high school football game.^[1] With Monaca High School's merger into Central Valley High School, the 2009 game was the final game to determine naming rights. By winning the 2009 game, the bridge will be known as the Rochester-Monca Bridge through the end of the school year. After that, it will be called the Rochester–Monaca Bridge on the Rochester side, and the Monaca-Rochester Bridge on the Monaca side.^[1]

See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Rochester-Monaca Rivalry Comes To An End" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: KDKA, CBS Broadcasting 2009-10-31 http://kdka.com/local/Monaca.Rochester.rivalry.2.1284141.html 

External links

• Postcard images of the first two bridges
• 1930 essay commemorating the suspension bridge
• List of major continuous truss bridges
• Rochester-Monaca Bridge at Structurae