You are here

Western Pennsylvania » Great Forest » Clarion County » Emlenton » Shortway Bridge

Shortway Bridge

-A A +A
1968, Ted Andrzejewski. I-80 over Allegheny River
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

Crossing the corners of the three counties that intersect at this site, the 1,668-foot-long four-lane bridge carries I-80 over the Allegheny River 270 feet below. The cantilevered steel bridge consists of three continuous truss spans and is thirty-two feet higher than the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. When built, it was the fifth highest bridge in the United States. Its designer, Andrzejewski, was chief engineer for Buchart-Horn of York, Pennsylvania.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lu Donnelly et al.
×

Data

What's Nearby

Foxburg Country Club, American Golf Hall of Fame
Memorial Church of Our Father (Episcopal Church)
Elias Ritts House
Foxburg Free Library and Lincoln Hall
RiverStone Farm (Fox Mansion)

Citation

Lu Donnelly et al., "Shortway Bridge", [Parker, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-CL19.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 1

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 458-458.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,