Lysle Blvd Bridge - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA

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OFFICIAL NAME:
Jerome St Bridge

OTHER DESIGNATION:
Lysle Blvd Bridge

LOCATION:
McKeesport

USGS 7.5" Topo Quad - UTM Coordinates:
McKeesport - Zone 17; 0595 4467

CARRIES:
motor vehicles, four lanes
George Lysle Blvd [LR392(03M)] [Yellow Belt]
sidewalk each side

BETWEEN:
-- George Lysle Blvd [Yellow Belt], [former Fifth Av (McKeesport)] on right descending bank of Youghiogheny River
-- West Fifth Av [Yellow Belt], [former High St (Reynoldton)] on left descending bank of Youghiogheny River

CROSSES:
-- (RDB to LDB) Water St; Youghiogheny River at mile 0.3; CSX [PLE RR]; River Rd

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION / DESIGN:
Crescent through arch

LENGTH OF MAIN SPAN:
315.0 ft

TOTAL LENGTH (including longest elevated ramp):

HEIGHT OF DECK:
47.3 ft, vertical clearance, channel span
Braddock Dam normal pool level 718.7 ft

YEAR ERECTED / ENGINEER:
1934-39, County of Allegheny

ADDITIONAL INFO:
Officially, this is the "Jerome Street Bridge," although today it links Lysle Blvd to West Fifth Street in the Tenth Ward of McKeesport [formerly High St, Reynoldton). Jerome St was once a narrow alley between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. It started at Tubeworks St and passed the B&O RR station between Locust St and Sinclair St. Varying from 20 to 30 feet in width, it extended north toward Riverton and ended near the cemetery.

Jason Togyer writes, "Jerome St was widened widened circa 1933 and city council attempted to rename it for then-Mayor George H. Lysle, a Republican. President Roosevelt balked and his administration threatened to ask the city to return $1 million in federal funds spent on widening the road because public works could not then be named for living, incumbent officeholders. The road remained Jerome Avenue until Lysle's death."

The high water mark of the 1936 St. Patrick's Day Flood is embossed in the northern abutment facing the Monongahela River.

A metal plaque affixed along the sidewalk reads:

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY
JEROME STREET BRIDGE
ERECTED 1937

* * * * *

FEDERAL
EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION
OF PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECT
NO. 2976-PA

Another three-panelled metal plaque reads: (left panel)

ALLEGHENY COUNTY AUTHORITY
1934-1935 PRESS C. DOWLER E. N. HUNTING WM. McK. REED	1935-1936 SAMUEL E. ECKELS JOHN M. RICE WM. McK. REED
1936 JOHN F. LaBOON HENRY HORNBOSTEL PARK H. MARTIN

(center panel)

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY
JEROME STREET BRIDGE

THIS BRIDGE WAS PLANNED AND DESIGNED DURING
1934-35 BY THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY AUTHORITY.
CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS COMMENCED OCTOBER 18,
1935. THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED IN 1937 BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

(right panel)

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1932-1935 CHAS. C. McGOVERN W. D. MANSFIELD C. M. BARR	1935-1939 JNO. J. KANE GEO. RANKIN, JR. JOHN S. HERRON
CONTROLLER ROBERT G. WOODSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WORKS JOHN F. LaBOON DIRECTOR

Map - Bridges over the Yough at McKeesport, 1900 Hopkins plat map
Map - McKeesport, 1900 Hopkins plat map index

FIELD CHECKED:
23-Oct-2000

INFO SOURCES:
USACE Monongahela River Nav. Charts; Jason Togyer

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