Thompson Run Bridge

Thompson Run Bridge is a bridge in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania. Thompson Run Bridge is situated nearby to First Presbyterian Church Christian Education Building, as well as near Duquesne Place Playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kennywood and Port Perry Bridge.

Kennywood

Theme park

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Kennywood is an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family's Monongahela Street Railway. Kennywood is situated 1 mile northwest of Thompson Run Bridge.

Port Perry Bridge

Bridge

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The PPR Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Port Perry Branch of the Norfolk Southern Railway across the Monongahela River between the Pennsylvania towns of North Versailles Township, and Duquesne. Port Perry Bridge is situated 3,300 feet north of Thompson Run Bridge.

Port Perry Bridge

Bridge

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The Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge is a truss bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Union Railroad across the Monongahela River between Duquesne, Pennsylvania and the former town site of Port Perry in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. Port Perry Bridge is situated 3,500 feet north of Thompson Run Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duquesne and Port Perry.

Duquesne

Village

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Duquesne is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census.

Port Perry

Hamlet

Port Perry was a town along the Monongahela River near Braddock, Pennsylvania, and by the mouth of Turtle Creek. It disappeared by 1945, having been gradually replaced by railroad tracks serving the nearby Edgar Thomson Steel Works.