Editing New Brighton, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
New Brighton is located near the center of Beaver County along the east bank of the Beaver River. It is bordered to the north by [[Daugherty Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Daugherty Township]], to the east by [[Pulaski Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Pulaski Township]], and to the southeast by [[Rochester Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Rochester Township]]. To the west, across the Beaver River, are (from north to south) [[Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania|Beaver Falls]], [[Patterson Heights, Pennsylvania|Patterson Heights]], [[Patterson Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Patterson Township]], and [[Fallston, Pennsylvania|Fallston]].

Pennsylvania Routes [[Pennsylvania Route 18|18]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 65|65]] run through the center of the borough as Third Avenue. To the south, the concurrent highways run to [[Rochester, Pennsylvania|Rochester]] on the [[Ohio River]]; to the north, PA-18 crosses the Beaver River into Beaver Falls, while PA-65 turns northeast and leads to [[Ellwood City, Pennsylvania|Ellwood City]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], New Brighton has a total area of {{convert|2.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|2.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|disp=flip|2}}, or 7.97%, is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200753288| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): New Brighton borough, Beaver County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref>