The Monaca–East Rochester Bridge is a steel through

continuous truss bridge A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge that extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads ...

which crosses the

Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ...

between

Monaca, Pennsylvania Monaca ( ) is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,625 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located northwest of Pittsburgh and is part of ...

and

East Rochester, Pennsylvania East Rochester is a borough in central Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 565 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Geography East Rochester is located at (40.698166, −80.26803 ...

. It opened in 1959 and was tolled until 1973. By the late 1970s, the segment of PA 51 from 17th Street in Monaca to its concurrency with PA 18 across the Monaca-Rochester Bridge was moved to its current alignment across the Monaca–East Rochester Bridge and its brief concurrencies with PA 65 and PA 68.

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Bridges over the Ohio River Bridges completed in 1959 Continuous truss bridges in the United States Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania Road bridges in Pennsylvania Former toll bridges in Pennsylvania Steel bridges in the United States 1959 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub

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