Shippingport Bridge | |
|---|---|
) Looking north from the bridge's southern end | |
| Coordinates | 40°37′37″N 80°25′56″W / 40.62694°N 80.43222°W |
| Carries | 2 lanes of  PA 168 |
| Crosses | Ohio River |
| Locale | Shippingport and Midland, Pennsylvania |
| Maintained by | PennDOT |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilevered through truss bridge |
| History | |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Location | |
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The Shippingport Bridge is a cantilevered through truss bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 168 across the Ohio River between Shippingport, Pennsylvania and Industry, Pennsylvania. From 1951 until the opening of this bridge in 1964, PA 168 was accessed across the river via Cooks Ferry.
The southern approach to the bridge is adjacent to the Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station.
On May 14, 1969, the Chester Bridge (1896-1970) between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia, which had carried U.S. 30 across the Ohio River, was permanently closed. From that day until November 7, 1977, when the Jennings Randolph Bridge was opened to traffic, the Shippingport Bridge carried what was temporarily designated as "Detour U.S. 30". That detour used Ohio S.R. 39 through the East End of East Liverpool to reach Pennsylvania S.R. 68. It remained on that route through Midland, PA, then used Pennsylvania S.R. 168 on the Shippingport Bridge to cross the river. From there, it proceeded southwest along highway 168 through Hoookstown, PA, where it then turned and rejoined U.S. 30 about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of that hamlet.