The Petroleum Street Bridge is a girder bridge

Girder bridge

A girder bridge, in general, is a bridge built of girders placed on bridge abutments and foundation piers. In turn, a bridge deck is built on top of the girders in order to carry traffic. There are several different subtypes of girder bridges:...

 connecting Cranberry Township

Cranberry Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania

Cranberry Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,014 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

 and Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania

Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania

Sugarcreek is a borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,331 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sugarcreek is located at ....

. The bridge sits just across Oil Creek from Oil City, Pennsylvania

Oil City, Pennsylvania

Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania that is known in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry. After the first oil wells were drilled nearby in the 1850s, Oil City became central in the petroleum industry while hosting headquarters for the Pennzoil, Quaker...

 and provides a major connection to the unincorporated community of Woodland Heights. The 1995 structure caries two lanes of U.S. Route 62

U.S. Route 62

U.S. Route 62 runs from the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas to Niagara Falls, New York, near the United States-Canada border. It is the only east-west US Route that connects Mexico and Canada.Parts of U.S...

and was built during a decade of major refurbishments of Upper Allegheny crossings. Previously, a 1910 truss bridge stood on the site; this structure replaced an earlier wooden bridge.