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Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Road, Lloydsville, Westmoreland County, PA

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Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Road, Lloydsville, Westmoreland County, PA

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Significance: Monastery Road Bridge is a rare example of a pin-connected deck truss railroad bridge adapted for re-use as a roadway bridge. This site is of historical interest for its association with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in North America.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1008
Survey number: HAER PA-628
Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1900 Initial Construction

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1900
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wimmer, Boniface
Warren, James
Monzani, Theobald
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
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Lloydsville40.23540, -79.47039
Google Map of 40.2353963, -79.4703885
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