Pennsylvania’s Donora-Webster Bridge is slated to be demolished by late June, according to local reports. The 107-year-old span carries Route 837 over the Monongahela River between Donora and Webster, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County’s Rostraver Township.
Beech Construction Inc. of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, was awarded the $2.6 million contract to eliminate the bridge before the end of August.
According to the Observer-Reporter, the contractor will use heavy equipment and cranes to remove smaller sections of the span over Norfolk Southern rail lines in Donora in preparation for the implosion that will send most of the bridge into the Monongahela River.
The bridge was closed six years ago due to its deteriorating condition. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of the way it was constructed with pins joining its steel beams. Local reports say this distinction wasn’t enough to save it from demolition. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will save small pieces of the steel and stone for Donora and Rostraver Township, according to the newspaper report.
According to an official with PennDOT, Beech employees will spend the remainder of the week removing the deck on the first two trusses on the Donora side of the river. The trusses are expected to be removed using torches and cranes after Memorial Day.
PennDOT is reviewing Beech’s demolition plans and could delay the implosion until July.
Beech Construction Inc. of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, was awarded the $2.6 million contract to eliminate the bridge before the end of August.
According to the Observer-Reporter, the contractor will use heavy equipment and cranes to remove smaller sections of the span over Norfolk Southern rail lines in Donora in preparation for the implosion that will send most of the bridge into the Monongahela River.
The bridge was closed six years ago due to its deteriorating condition. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of the way it was constructed with pins joining its steel beams. Local reports say this distinction wasn’t enough to save it from demolition. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will save small pieces of the steel and stone for Donora and Rostraver Township, according to the newspaper report.
According to an official with PennDOT, Beech employees will spend the remainder of the week removing the deck on the first two trusses on the Donora side of the river. The trusses are expected to be removed using torches and cranes after Memorial Day.
PennDOT is reviewing Beech’s demolition plans and could delay the implosion until July.
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