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Bridge over Little Pine Creek, State Route 1026 over Little Pine Creek, 2.01 kilometers (1.25 miles) East of Bendertown, Jonestown, Columbia County, PA

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Bridge over Little Pine Creek, State Route 1026 over Little Pine Creek, 2.01 kilometers (1.25 miles) East of Bendertown, Jonestown, Columbia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge, noteworthy for its modern method of construction, and unusual shape and design. The two ribs of the arch and the two small posts that transfer the weight of the deck to the ribs are very slender appearing to test the limits of building in this medium. Also significant is the elegant elliptical shape of the arch and the decorative concrete parapet, with a light, star-shaped design, rather decorative for a bridge of such a small size, and unique among concrete bridges of a similar dated in Pennsylvania...
Survey number: HAER PA-435
Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000738

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Elder, John L
Columbia County Commissioners
Flink, G A
Fleckenstine, G S
Lenhart, O Fred
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Cultural Heritage Research Services, Incorporated, contractor
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Andrzejewski, Anna Vemer, photographer
Rachleff, Allison, photographer
Daughtrey, Mary, historian
Andrzejewski, Anna Vermer, historian
Rachleff, Allison, historian
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