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The Monongahela River (/ m ə ˌ n ɒ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ h iː l ə / mə-NONG-gə-HEE-lə, /-ˈ h eɪ-/- HAY-), [10] sometimes referred to locally as the Mon (/ m ɒ n /), [11] is a 130-mile-long (210 km) [6] river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania.
This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Monongahela River starting from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the river helps to form the headwaters of the Ohio River, and ending in Fairmont, West Virginia, where the West Fork River and Tygart Valley River combine to form the Monongahela.
Redstone Creek is a historically important widemouthed canoe and river boat-navigable brook-sized tributary stream of the Monongahela River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The creek is 28.4 miles (45.7 km) long, [5] running from headwaters on Chestnut Ridge north through the city of Uniontown and reaching the Monongahela at Brownsville ...
The Monongahela Area Historical Society Museum located on Main Street serves as a community archive and has local historical artifacts on display. Whiskey Point, a bluff overlooking the Monongahela River located within the city, was an important meeting place during the Whiskey Rebellion. The Pennsylvania State Historical Marker located here ...
379.77 cu ft/s (10.754 m 3 /s) at mouth with Monongahela River [4] Basin features; Progression: southeast: River system: Monongahela River: Tributaries • left: Bane Creek Montgomery Run Smith Run Little Tenmile Creek Horn Run Daniels Run Plum Run Black Hollow • right: Crafts Creek Short Creek Hufford Run Patterson Run Barrs Run South Fork ...
It joins the Monongahela River from the southeast (right bank) at McKeesport. Just upstream from Confluence, Pennsylvania , approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of the Pennsylvania border, the river is impounded by the 184-foot-high (56 m) Youghiogheny Dam to form the Youghiogheny River Lake , a reservoir that stretches upstream into northern ...
The City of Duquesne is located north across the Monongahela River, connected by the McKeesport–Duquesne Bridge, as is Dravosburg and West Mifflin, connected by the W.D. Mansfield Memorial Bridge. Port Vue, the Borough of Liberty and Elizabeth Township are located across the Youghiogheny River to the west, connected by the 15th Street Bridge.
Charleroi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə r ɔɪ / SHAR-lə-roy) is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River, 21 miles south of Pittsburgh. [4] Charleroi was settled in 1890 and incorporated in 1891. [5] The 2020 census recorded a population of 4,210. [3] Reduced industrial activities in the region led to a ...