The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt,

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's innermost

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, across the

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at Brighton Heights and

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania McKees Rocks, also known as "The Rocks", is a borough in Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania, United States, along the south bank of the Ohio River. Part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, its population was 5,920 at the time of the 202 ...

, connecting

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with

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, west of the city.

History and architectural features

At long, this historic bridge is the longest bridge in Allegheny County. Built in 1931, it was listed on the

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in 1988. The stretch of the bridge from Island Avenue was the successor to the O'Donovan Bridge, which ran from Island Avenue to the "Bottoms" of McKees Rocks from 1904 to 1931.

Gallery

File:McKeesRocksBridgePA.jpg, McKee's Rocks Bridge

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History and architectural features

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