Penns Creek Bridge, State Route 1014 at Penns Creek, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Significance: Penns Creek Bridge is an unusually ornamented example of a multiple-span concrete barrel arch bridge. Parapet walls follow the graceful humpback curve of the bridge and employ a molded concrete star pattern used on few concrete bridges in Pennsylvania. Penns Creek Bridge was listed in the National Register on June 22, 1988.

Survey number: HAER PA-284

Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

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