The PC&Y Railroad Bridge carries a single railroad track over the Ohio River, between Stowe Township, Pennsylvania and Neville Island, Pennsylvania."Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railroad, 1898-1995," in "Guide to the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Records, 1860-1999." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh, ULS Archives & Special Collections, retrieved online January 8, 2023.Hikes, Emily. "Guide to the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Records, 1860-1999 AIS.1982.23," in "Historic Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Library System, retrieved online January 8, 2023.
Description Built in 1894, this through truss railroad bridge once served the Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railroad. Previously used for the PC&Y's transport of tinplate scrap from Pittsburgh's Federal Street station to Neville Island,"Freight Rate Cut." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Press, June 27, 1927, p. 1 (subscription required). it spans the back channel of the Ohio River, and is still in use today. A single rail line crosses the bridge, connecting chemical plants on the industrial half of the island with the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad mainline.
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