Brownsville Bridge, Brownsville

Name: Brownsville Bridge
Address: Brownsville, United States

#1 among attractions in Brownsville

Top attraction, Bridge

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The Brownsville Bridge, also known as the Intercounty Bridge and the West Brownsville Bridge, is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Since the opening of the Lane Bane Bridge and highway project to carry much of the intercounty through traffic away from the main streets of downtown Brownsville in the early 1960s, another commonly heard name is Old Brownsville Bridge for the four high level viaduct. ()

Opened: 1914 (110 years ago)Length: 945 ftWidth: 23 ftCoordinates: 40°1'21"N, 79°53'23"W

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Brownsville Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bowman's Castle, Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Lane Bane Bridge, Flatiron Building.

~1650 ftE
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Bowman's Castle, Brownsville
8 min walk • Bowman's Castle, also known as Nemacolin Castle, was built in present-day Brownsville, Pennsylvania, at the western terminus of the Nemacolin's Trail on the east bank of the Monongahela river.
~620 ftSE
Bridge
Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Brownsville
3 min walk • Dunlap's Creek Bridge was the first arch bridge in the United States built of cast iron. It was designed by Richard Delafield and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
~1510 ftNE
Bridge
Lane Bane Bridge, Brownsville
8 min walk • The Lane Bane Bridge is a truss bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Brownsville, Pennsylvania and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
~1150 ftE
Museum
Flatiron Building, Brownsville
6 min walk • The Flatiron Building in Brownsville, Pennsylvania is located in the Brownsville Commercial Historic District. The building is owned and was restored by the Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation.
0.7 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Church, Brownsville
17 min walk • The Historic Church of St. Peter is a Roman Catholic church in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Greensburg. The Historic Church of St. Peter also has a partner parish in Grindstone, Pennsylvania named St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, which was built in 1931.
0.5 miE
40°1'23"N • 79°52'46"W
Monongahela River, Brownsville
14 min walk • Museum
~920 ftSE
Neighbourhood
Brownsville Commercial Historic District, Brownsville
5 min walk • Brownsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located adjacent to the Brownsville Northside Historic District at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
~690 ftSE
Forts and castles
Redstone Old Fort, Brownsville
4 min walk • Redstone Old Fort — or Redstone Fort or Fort Burd — on the Nemacolin Trail, was the name of the French and Indian War-era wooden fort built in 1759 by Pennsylvania militia colonel James Burd to guard the ancient Indian trail's river ford on a mound overlooking the eastern shore...

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Which popular attractions are close to Brownsville Bridge?

Nearby attractions include Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Brownsville (3 min walk), Redstone Old Fort, Brownsville (4 min walk), Brownsville Commercial Historic District, Brownsville (5 min walk), Flatiron Building, Brownsville (6 min walk).