Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge across the Susquehanna between Lancaster and York counties. The span's construction was innovative because it involved the cooperative effort of two counties. Four bridges preceded this span at this historically important river crossing...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N452

Survey number: HAER PA-473

Building/structure dates: 1929- 1930 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000764

concrete arch bridges toll bridges lincoln highway transportation bridge construction referendums civil actions vehicular bridges wrightsville york county pa columbia wrightsville bridge columbia wrightsville bridge susquehanna susquehanna river lincoln highway state route columbia lancaster lancaster county pennsylvania blaw knox company eric n delony e t edwards company joseph e elliott federal steel foundry company samuel f gladelter w w greist hastings pavement company historic american engineering record j c budding company j e baker company lancaster york intercounty bridge commission james b long g w maxon mcminn industries pennsylvania department of transportation pennsylvania historical and museum commission blythe semmer glen wiley wiley maxon construction company photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress national register of historic places

1969 - 1980

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html