[2] On September 18, 1951, Buncher Co. of Pittsburgh won the demolition contract via open bidding, with a total of $23,971.

In order to not interfere with boating traffic, the old span's pilings would be required to be removed to a point 19 feet (5.8 m) below the surface of the Monongahela River.

On December 28, 1951, the final span of the steel structure came down after torches melted the Dravosburg side's girders.

[4] As built, the Mansfield Bridge carried trolley tracks of Pittsburgh Railways route 56 McKeesport via 2nd Avenue.

The bridge is named for McKeesport politician William D. Mansfield, who served as an Allegheny County Commissioner and later as a State Senator.