Ohiopyle Highway Bridge

Bridge in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

39°52′N 79°29′W / 39.87°N 79.49°W / 39.87; -79.49Carriestwo lanes of

PA 381CrossesYoughiogheny RiverLocaleOhiopyle, PennsylvaniaCharacteristicsDesigngirder bridgeTotal length663 feet (202 m)HistoryOpened1976Location Map

The Ohiopyle Highway Bridge is a structure that carries two lanes of Pennsylvania Route 381 Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

The span, which opened in 1975, is the third to be located in the vicinity. An original 19th-century covered bridge was replaced by a Pratt truss bridge around 1900. Because of a low-clearance underpass located directly adjacent to its southern approach, this structure proved to be obsolete once the automobile replaced the train as the primary method of tourism in the years following World War II. Although already scheduled for replacement, the discovery of a major fatigue crack sealed the fate of this structure, leading the way for the present girder bridge to be erected.