Predecessors
The first was a bowstring arch truss completed in summer 1873 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. This span was 530 feet (160 m) in length, with each span being 265 feet (81 m), and had one pier in the Allegheny River.
When railroad developments in the next decade necessitated a change this bridge was replaced by one made of wood. Work began on this in September 1882 and it was completed in April 1883. This new bridge was a two-level bridge, where rail traffic would pass over its top and regular wagon and passenger traffic below. It was of the Howe truss type. It reused the abutments and tollhouse of its predecessor, but replaced the central pier with two river piers. The bridge served the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad, which later became part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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