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Lower Bridge at English Center, Spanning Little Pine Creek at State Route 4001, English Center, Lycoming County, PA

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Lower Bridge at English Center, Spanning Little Pine Creek at State Route 4001, English Center, Lycoming County, PA

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Summary

Significance: It is the only remaining bridge of two completed in 1891 to provide access to this once-important regional logging and tanning center. One of few surviving short-span roadway suspension bridges in Pennsylvania, the Lower Bridge is also an usual variant of a braced-chain bridge.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N439
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1149
Survey number: HAER PA-461
Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78002428

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Dean & Westbrook
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
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Location

english center41.27200, -77.10249
Google Map of 41.2720004, -77.10249019999999
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Library of Congress
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