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Vanport Bridge
Vanport Bridge
	The Vanport Bridge at dusk.
Coordinates	40°40′45″N 80°19′53″W / 40.67917°N 80.33139°W
Carries	4 lanes of I-376
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Vanport Township, Pennsylvania
Maintained by	PennDOT
Characteristics
Design	Continuous truss bridge
Longest span	220 m
History
Opened	1968
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Heading northbound on I-376 across the bridge

The Vanport Bridge is a four-lane continuous truss bridge that carries Interstate 376 across the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History and notable features

A total of $10,476,268 was spent on construction of the 1,762-foot bridge over the Ohio River connecting Vanport and Potter townships, which was opened to traffic on December 23, 1968.^[1] As a vital part of the Beaver Valley Expressway it was carrying approximately 30,000 vehicles daily in 1990.^[2]

In January 1990, the bridge was closed for three days after corrosion and fourteen cracks in welds were discovered during a routine Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) inspection. The cracks ranged in size from seven to thirty-four inches. Damage was located in the bottom truss plate that held the steel box beam in the central span.^[3] Passenger traffic was rerouted to the Rochester–Monaca Bridge; trucks — to the Shippingport Bridge. The Vanport Bridge remained restricted to traffic until October 2001, when an out of control apple truck crashed into a crew of carpenters, killing five. It reopened shortly after.^[4]

References

^ Pennsylvania Road Builder, 1970, Volumes 43-44, page 50.
^ A Performance Audit of the PA Department of Transportation, Pursuant to Act 1981-35: Final Report.
^ Vanport Bridge diagnosis, The Pittsburgh Press, January 5, 1990.
^ "I Had No Brakes," The Beaver County Times, October 11, 2001

[1] Pennsylvania Road Builder, 1970, Volumes 43-44, page 50.

[2] A Performance Audit of the PA Department of Transportation, Pursuant to Act 1981-35: Final Report.

[3] Vanport Bridge diagnosis, The Pittsburgh Press, January 5, 1990.

[4] "I Had No Brakes," The Beaver County Times, October 11, 2001

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+[[Image:Vanportbr2.jpg|thumb|right|Heading northbound on I-376 across the bridge]]
+The '''Vanport Bridge''' is a four-lane [[continuous truss bridge]] that carries [[Interstate 376]] across the [[Ohio River]] in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]], United States.
+==History and notable features==
-The '''Vanport Bridge''' is a [[truss bridge]] that carries [[Pennsylvania State Route 60]] (and will be signed as [[Interstate 376]] by January 1, 2009) across the [[Ohio River]] in [[Vanport, Pennsylvania]].
+A total of $10,476,268 was spent on construction of the 1,762-foot bridge over the Ohio River connecting Vanport and [[Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania|Potter]] townships, which was opened to traffic on December 23, 1968.<ref>Pennsylvania Road Builder, 1970, Volumes 43-44, page 50.</ref> As a vital part of the [[Interstate 376|Beaver Valley Expressway]] it was carrying approximately 30,000 vehicles daily in 1990.<ref>A Performance Audit of the PA Department of Transportation, Pursuant to Act 1981-35: Final Report.</ref>
+In January 1990, the bridge was closed for three days after corrosion and fourteen cracks in welds were discovered during a routine [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) inspection. The cracks ranged in size from seven to thirty-four inches. Damage was located in the bottom truss plate that held the steel box beam in the central span.<ref>Vanport Bridge diagnosis, ''The Pittsburgh Press'', January 5, 1990.</ref> Passenger traffic was rerouted to the [[Rochester–Monaca Bridge]]; trucks — to the [[Shippingport Bridge]]. The Vanport Bridge remained restricted to traffic until October 2001, when an out of control apple truck crashed into a crew of carpenters, killing five.  It reopened shortly after.<ref>"I Had No Brakes,"  The Beaver County Times, October 11, 2001</ref>
 ==See also==
+* {{Portal-inline|Transport}}
+* {{Portal-inline|Engineering}}
+* {{Portal-inline|Pennsylvania}}
 * [[List of crossings of the Ohio River]]
+==References==
+{{commons category|Vanport Bridge}}
+{{Reflist}}
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+|downstream signs = [[File:PA-168.svg|25px]]
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+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Truss bridges]]
+[[Category:Continuous truss bridges in the United States]]
 [[Category:Bridges completed in 1968]]
-[[Category:Bridges in Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:Bridges over the Ohio River]]
+[[Category:Bridges in Beaver County, Pennsylvania]]
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+[[Category:Road bridges in Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:Bridges on the Interstate Highway System]]
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+[[Category:Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)]]
+[[Category:Steel bridges in the United States]]
+[[Category:1968 establishments in Pennsylvania]]