The Charleroi–Monessen Bridge, officially the John K. Tener Memorial Bridge, is a two lane structure spanning the

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. The bridge connects

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, and

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. The structure connects Route 88 on the west bank of the river and Route 906 on the east side. The bridge, which opened in 2013, replaced a 1906 structure. The original bridge closed in 2009 due to structural deficiency.

Previous bridge

The 1906 bridge, a three-span steel truss structure, was imploded shortly before 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2011. The new bridge was constructed in its place slightly to the northeast. The 1906 bridge was designated as a historic bridge by the

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Current bridge

Construction delays caused the original December 2012 projected opening date to be pushed back to June 29, 2013. The Pennsylvania Legislature voted to name the new bridge after

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native

John Tener John Kinley Tener (July 25, 1863May 19, 1946) was an Irish-born American politician and Major League Baseball player and executive. He served as the 25th governor of Pennsylvania from 1911 until 1915. A Republican, he had previously served as a ...

, a former

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and state

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. Tener, an ex-professional baseball player who organized the first

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, owned the Mercantile Bridge Company, which designed the original bridge that connected the two cities

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Demolition of the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge (2011)
* * National Register nomination form {{DEFAULTSORT:Charleroi-Monessen Bridge Bridges over the Monongahela River Bridges in Washington County, Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1906 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Pennsylvania Steel bridges in the United States 1906 establishments in Pennsylvania

Previous bridge

Current bridge

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