page_title: Rochester–Monaca Bridge
section_title: Naming tradition
hierarchical_section_title: Rochester–Monaca Bridge / Naming tradition
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context_page_description: The Rochester–Monaca Bridge/Monaca–Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Monaca, Pennsylvania and Rochester, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1986 and is the third bridge to occupy the site. It replaced a 1930 steel truss cantilever bridge which itself replaced a suspension bridge built in 1896.
context_section_description: From 1987 to 2009, the bridge was named each year in honor of the winner of the Rochester vs. Monaca high school football game. In 1988, the Rochester Manager Ed Piroli and Monaca Manager Tom Stoner made a bet signed with a handshake that gave the naming rights of the bridge to the winning team of that year. With Monaca High School's merger into Central Valley High School, the 2009 game was the final game to determine naming rights.  By winning the 2009 game, the bridge will be known as the Rochester–Monaca Bridge through the end of the school year. After that, it will be called the Rochester–Monaca Bridge on the Rochester side, and the Monaca-Rochester Bridge on the Monaca side.  Both towns' police departments respond to incidents on the bridge, with the incident location on the bridge deciding which town takes charge of incident.
caption: The Rochester approach to the bridge
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