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McKees Rocks Bridge

McKees Rocks Bridge, Chambers Street, McKees Rocks, PA 151363, United States of America
Address is taken from a point 346 yards away.

McKees Rocks Bridge carries a farm track over the Ohio River near to Glasgow Boat Lift.

The Act of Parliament for the Ohio River was passed on 17 September 1816 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. Restoration of Wealden Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Ohio River Society

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McKees Rocks Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Ohio River between Ohio - Allegheny - Monongahela Rivers (Junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers to create the Ohio River) (3.81 miles to the southeast) and Ohio - Cumberland Junction (Junction of the Ohio River with the Cumberland River) (903.60 miles and 18 locks to the west).

The nearest place in the direction of Ohio - Allegheny - Monongahela Rivers is Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge; 1.25 miles away.

The nearest place in the direction of Ohio - Cumberland Junction is Emsworth Lock; 3.72 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.

	Ohio - Allegheny - Monongahela Rivers	3.81 miles
	West End Bridge	3.14 miles
	Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge	1.25 miles
	McKees Rocks Bridge
	Emsworth Lock	3.72 miles
	Neville Island Bridge	7.01 miles
	Sewickley Bridge	11.05 miles
	Dashields Lock	12.94 miles
	Ambridge–Aliquippa Bridge	17.42 miles

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The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt, Pittsburgh's innermost beltline, across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, west of the city.

At 7,293 feet (2,223 m) long, it is the longest bridge in Allegheny County.

Built in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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[McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania] as "Mc Kees Rocks", "McKee's Rocks", or "McKees Rock", but the official name is "McKees Rocks". The USPS official spelling is "MC KEES ROCKS". It is within [Brighton Heights (Pittsburgh)] to the neighborhood, Brighton Heights Boulevard, is opposite the McKees Rocks Bridge and accessible via Route 65/Ohio River Boulevard. The Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania Route 65] the Blue Belt which crosses the Ohio River to the southwest on the McKees Rocks Bridge. Outside of Pittsburgh, PA 65 continues as the Ohio River Boulevard [Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad] the McKees Rocks Bridge, which extended to Ohio River Blvd. but still provided access to The Bottoms via Helen Street exit. The McKees Rocks Community [Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania] District, which serves both Stowe Township and the neighboring borough of McKees Rocks. Stowe Township has partnered with the Allegheny Together organization [Vernon R. Covell] R.), NRHP-listed Liberty Bridge, over the Monongahela River Pittsburgh, PA (Covell, V. R.), NRHP-listed McKees Rocks Bridge, LR 76, Spur 2, over Ohio [List of bridges of Pittsburgh] The Bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city's transportation system. Without bridges, the Pittsburgh region would be a series of fragmented [National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennsylvania] Street Bridge is split between Pittsburgh and Millvale, the Homestead High-Level Bridge is split between Pittsburgh and Homestead, and the McKees Rocks Bridge [Pennsylvania Route 51] Bridge while PA 51 turns left, heading toward McKees Rocks to the northwest as West Carson Street, paralleling the Ohio River. Entering McKees Rocks,

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