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Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, Spanning Poquessing Creek at Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Avenue Bridge over Poquessing Creek, Spanning Poquessing Cre...

See also HAER PA-478 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: This single-span, closed-spandrel arch bridge is an early example of a concrete bridge with supporting members. The bridge's ... More

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

Penns Creek Bridge, State Route 1014 at Penns Creek, Selinsgrove, Snyd...

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 s... More

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

Penns Creek Bridge, State Route 1014 at Penns Creek, Selinsgrove, Snyd...

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 s... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...

Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... More

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

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Hi...

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 acro... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Ma...

Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including t... More

Upper Bridge at Slate Run, Spanning Pine Creek at State Route 414, Slate Run, Lycoming County, PA

Upper Bridge at Slate Run, Spanning Pine Creek at State Route 414, Sla...

See also HAER PA-478 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The bridge is a lattice truss, and unusual truss type that was built in the U.S. from about 1857 to the 1890s. Riveting all t... More

Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at State Route 53, Lilly, Cambria County, PA

Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at Sta...

Significance: It is significant as an outstanding example of early 19th century masonry arch construction, and for its association with the Allgeheny Portage Railroad, which the bridge originally carried across... More

Pond Creek Bridge, Spanning Pond Creek at Bear Lake Road (State Route 2016), Thornhurst, Lackawanna County, PA

Pond Creek Bridge, Spanning Pond Creek at Bear Lake Road (State Route ...

Significance: This structure is an excellent example of a WPA-sponsored project because of its well-preserved condition and undisturbed setting, where it spans Pond Creek on a rural road just outside of Lackawa... More

Davis Avenue Bridge, Spanning Woods Run Avenue at Davis Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Davis Avenue Bridge, Spanning Woods Run Avenue at Davis Avenue, Pittsb...

Significance: The bridge is a cantilevered structure constructed for transportation, social, and municipal purposes. Constructed before Allegheny City was consolidated into greater Pittsburgh, the bridge repres... More

McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State R...

Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal through arch bridge constructed by Allegheny County as part of an intensive bridge-building campaign during the late 1920s and early 1930s... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Covered Bridge Road (State Route 1030), Manatawny, Berks County, PA

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Cover...

Significance: One of five remaining covered wooden bridges in Berks County, the bridge is a contributing resource in the Oley Township Historic District. It is distinctive for its two-phase construction: an arc... More

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Covered Bridge Road (State Route 1030), Manatawny, Berks County, PA

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Cover...

Significance: One of five remaining covered wooden bridges in Berks County, the bridge is a contributing resource in the Oley Township Historic District. It is distinctive for its two-phase construction: an arc... More

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Covered Bridge Road (State Route 1030), Manatawny, Berks County, PA

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Cover...

Significance: One of five remaining covered wooden bridges in Berks County, the bridge is a contributing resource in the Oley Township Historic District. It is distinctive for its two-phase construction: an arc... More

Phoenix Iron Company, French Creek Bridge, Spanning French Creek between Gay Street & Main Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, French Creek Bridge, Spanning French Creek betwe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N595 Survey number: HAER PA-493-B

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Brown Street Bridge, Brown Street, spanning Oil Creek, Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Brown Street Bridge, Brown Street, spanning Oil Creek, Titusville, Cra...

Significance: The Brown Street Bridge is representative of the type of small steel and iron truss bridge that was favored by smaller municipalities and rural settlements during the last quarter of the nineteent... More

Gay Street Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Gay Street (State Route 113), Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Gay Street Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Gay Street (State Route 11...

Significance: After its construction in 1926, the 12-span, reinforced concrete bridge was the longest such structure in Chester County. It is significant for the variety of span types and construction methods u... More

Phoenix Iron Company, Girder Shop No. 6, North of French Creek, west of Gay Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, Girder Shop No. 6, North of French Creek, west o...

Survey number: HAER PA-493-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, C...

Significance: The Christiana Borough Bridge is a rare survivor of the Whipple truss bridge structure with wrought iron Phoenix columns. Built in 1893-95 by the Pennsylvania Railroad during a period of railroad... More

Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, C...

Significance: The Christiana Borough Bridge is a rare survivor of the Whipple truss bridge structure with wrought iron Phoenix columns. Built in 1893-95 by the Pennsylvania Railroad during a period of railroad... More

Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at State Route 2067, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...

Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More

Campbell's Bridge, Spanning Unami Creek at Allentown Road (State Route 4027), Milford Square, Bucks County, PA

Campbell's Bridge, Spanning Unami Creek at Allentown Road (State Route...

See also HAER PA-478 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The bridge is part of a once larger body of early short-span reinforced concrete bridges in Bucks County. It is the oldest op... More

South Eighth Street Viaduct, Spanning Little Lehigh Creek at Eighth Street (State Route 2055), Allentown, Lehigh County, PA

South Eighth Street Viaduct, Spanning Little Lehigh Creek at Eighth St...

Significance: It is one of the earliest surviving example of "monumental" reinforced concrete construction. Initially planned in 1900 as a steel truss structure over the Little Lehigh Creek, the final result, b... More

Seitzville Road Bridge, Spanning South Branch Codorus Creek, Seitzville, York County, PA

Seitzville Road Bridge, Spanning South Branch Codorus Creek, Seitzvill...

Significance: Seitzville Road Bridge is the oldest extant reinforced concrete bridge in York County and an excellent example of early reinforced concrete arch bridge construction. The Nelson-Merydith Company o... More

Brick Arch Culvert over Master Street, Spanning dirt slope of Master Street at Thirty-third Street (U.S. Route 13), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Brick Arch Culvert over Master Street, Spanning dirt slope of Master S...

Significance: This single-span skew arch culvert features brick ribs, semi-counsel squared stone masonry spandrel walls, and ashlar voussoirs. It was built to provide access to important water mains and is skew... More

Brick Arch Culvert over Master Street, Spanning dirt slope of Master Street at Thirty-third Street (U.S. Route 13), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Brick Arch Culvert over Master Street, Spanning dirt slope of Master S...

Significance: This single-span skew arch culvert features brick ribs, semi-counsel squared stone masonry spandrel walls, and ashlar voussoirs. It was built to provide access to important water mains and is skew... More

Charleroi-Monessen Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at State Route 2018, North Charleroi, Washington County, PA

Charleroi-Monessen Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at State Route 2...

Significance: It is significant as a rare surviving example of a long, multiple-span metal truss bridge. Built as a toll bridge to carry vehicular, pedestrian, and trolley traffic across the Monongahela River, ... More

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA

Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Rou...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assemble... More

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinne...

Significance: The bridge is a two-span, pin-connected, metal Pratt through truss bridge 212' in length. Erected by Nelson and Buchanan of Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, in 1901, with some members fabricated by th... More

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinne...

Significance: The bridge is a two-span, pin-connected, metal Pratt through truss bridge 212' in length. Erected by Nelson and Buchanan of Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, in 1901, with some members fabricated by th... More

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinne...

Significance: The bridge is a two-span, pin-connected, metal Pratt through truss bridge 212' in length. Erected by Nelson and Buchanan of Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, in 1901, with some members fabricated by th... More

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA

Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinne...

Significance: The bridge is a two-span, pin-connected, metal Pratt through truss bridge 212' in length. Erected by Nelson and Buchanan of Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, in 1901, with some members fabricated by th... More

Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 Spur, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...

Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Aven...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with noted Philadelphia architect Paul Phillipe Cret, who designed the bridge in collaboration with city engineers. Its exterior treatment reflects Cr... More

Nicholson Township Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Tunkhannock Creek at State Route 1029, Nicholson, Wyoming County, PA

Nicholson Township Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Tunkhannock Creek at St...

Significance: It is a well-preserved example of a truss fabricated by the Corrugated Metal Company. Of special interest is how the company fabricated the pin connections at the end-posts and on the top chord...... More

Pennypack Creek Bridge, Spanning Pennypack Creek at Frankford Avenue (U.S. Route 13), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennypack Creek Bridge, Spanning Pennypack Creek at Frankford Avenue (...

Significance: This three-span stone arch bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in America. It was originally an important crossing along part of the King's Highway connecting Philadelphia to Bristol - o... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fairview Avenue, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fai...

Survey number: HAER PA-493-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fairview Avenue, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fai...

Survey number: HAER PA-493-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fairview Avenue, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fai...

Survey number: HAER PA-493-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fairview Avenue, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, Rolling Mill, North of French Creek, west of Fai...

Survey number: HAER PA-493-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McConnell's Mill Bridge, Spanning Slippery Rock Creek at McConnell's Mill Road (Township Route 415), Ellwood City, Lawrence County, PA

McConnell's Mill Bridge, Spanning Slippery Rock Creek at McConnell's M...

Significance: One of 4 extant Howe-truss covered bridges in Pennsylvania. It is the longest of these that has not been completely rebuilt. Erected originally to transport cargo from a grist mill, the bridge sti... More

McConnell's Mill Bridge, Spanning Slippery Rock Creek at McConnell's Mill Road (Township Route 415), Ellwood City, Lawrence County, PA

McConnell's Mill Bridge, Spanning Slippery Rock Creek at McConnell's M...

Significance: One of 4 extant Howe-truss covered bridges in Pennsylvania. It is the longest of these that has not been completely rebuilt. Erected originally to transport cargo from a grist mill, the bridge sti... More

Emlenton Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, Travel Route 38 (Legislative Route 75), Emlenton, Venango County, PA

Emlenton Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, Travel Route 38 (Legislativ...

Significance: The existing Emlenton Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, type of truss, length of truss for this age, and material. The bridge w... More

Emlenton Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, Travel Route 38 (Legislative Route 75), Emlenton, Venango County, PA

Emlenton Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, Travel Route 38 (Legislativ...

Significance: The existing Emlenton Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, type of truss, length of truss for this age, and material. The bridge w... More

Emlenton Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, Travel Route 38 (Legislative Route 75), Emlenton, Venango County, PA

Emlenton Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, Travel Route 38 (Legislativ...

Significance: The existing Emlenton Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, type of truss, length of truss for this age, and material. The bridge w... More

Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved from Little Pine Creek at State Route 44, Waterville, Lycoming County), Green Point, Lebanon County, PA

Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved ...

Significance: It is an example of a lenticular truss, so named because of the lens-like shape of its curved upper and lower chords. It is representative of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company's trademark bridge type... More

Smithton Bridge, Spanning Youghiogheny River on State Road 981, Smithton, Westmoreland County, PA

Smithton Bridge, Spanning Youghiogheny River on State Road 981, Smitht...

Significance: The Smithton Bridge is the oldest remaining cantilever truss highway bridge in Pennsylvania. It is a typical example of the suspended span cantilever truss that was being built in the United Stat... More

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Pocono Northeast Railroad, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard...

Significance: The South Street Bridge is an unusual, long span metropolitan bridge comprising thirteen concrete spans and two steel truss spans. While the concrete spans are representative, the trusses are unu... More

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Pocono Northeast Railroad, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard...

Significance: The South Street Bridge is an unusual, long span metropolitan bridge comprising thirteen concrete spans and two steel truss spans. While the concrete spans are representative, the trusses are unu... More

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Pocono Northeast Railroad, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard...

Significance: The South Street Bridge is an unusual, long span metropolitan bridge comprising thirteen concrete spans and two steel truss spans. While the concrete spans are representative, the trusses are unu... More

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Pocono Northeast Railroad, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

South Street Bridge, Spans Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard...

Significance: The South Street Bridge is an unusual, long span metropolitan bridge comprising thirteen concrete spans and two steel truss spans. While the concrete spans are representative, the trusses are unu... More

Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second...

See also HABS PA-614 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The Brady Street Bridge, contracted by the Schultz Bridge & Iron Co. of Pittsburgh, was a steel-riveted, through-highway bridg... More

Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second...

See also HABS PA-614 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The Brady Street Bridge, contracted by the Schultz Bridge & Iron Co. of Pittsburgh, was a steel-riveted, through-highway bridg... More

Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA

Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA

Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion,... More

Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA

Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA

Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion,... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (Sta...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of a late 19th century factory-manufactured roadway bridge. The bridge consists of 15 pin-connected wrought-iron Baltimore-type through-truss spans manufactu... More

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River a...

Significance: The Three Sisters Bridges represent an adaptive engineering design response to political and technical concerns. County engineers successfully maneuvered around federally-mandated clearances, aest... More

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River a...

Significance: The Three Sisters Bridges represent an adaptive engineering design response to political and technical concerns. County engineers successfully maneuvered around federally-mandated clearances, aest... More

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River a...

Significance: The Three Sisters Bridges represent an adaptive engineering design response to political and technical concerns. County engineers successfully maneuvered around federally-mandated clearances, aest... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, Union City, Erie County, PA

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Little French Creek at Bridge Street, U...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge over Little French Creek in Union City is a Through Pratt Truss metal bridge. It crosses Little French Creek immediately below a dam and mill pond that provided water po... More

Phoenix Iron Company, Foundry Building, Main Street at Mill Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Phoenix Iron Company, Foundry Building, Main Street at Mill Street, Ph...

Significance: Iron work began on the banks of French Creek in 1783 and continued, weathering massive changes in ferrous metalworking techniques, for 200 years. The foundry produced castings ancillary to the Pho... More

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

Penns Creek Bridge, State Route 1014 at Penns Creek, Selinsgrove, Snyd...

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 s... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...

Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... More

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, PA

Lindbergh Bridge, Marple Avenue over Darby Creek, Clifton Heights, Del...

Significance: The Lindbergh Bridge is a three span reinforced concrete bridge which was designed by the Delaware County Department of Public Works. With a main span of 259'4", it was the largest reinforced con... More

Upper Bridge at Slate Run, Spanning Pine Creek at State Route 414, Slate Run, Lycoming County, PA

Upper Bridge at Slate Run, Spanning Pine Creek at State Route 414, Sla...

See also HAER PA-478 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The bridge is a lattice truss, and unusual truss type that was built in the U.S. from about 1857 to the 1890s. Riveting all t... More

Upper Bridge at Slate Run, Spanning Pine Creek at State Route 414, Slate Run, Lycoming County, PA

Upper Bridge at Slate Run, Spanning Pine Creek at State Route 414, Sla...

See also HAER PA-478 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The bridge is a lattice truss, and unusual truss type that was built in the U.S. from about 1857 to the 1890s. Riveting all t... More

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expr...

Significance: The bridge, a monumental structure spanning Roaring Brook between East and South Scranton, is a symbol of the city's progressive era in the early 20th century. A citizen's association formed to ad... More

Davis Avenue Bridge, Spanning Woods Run Avenue at Davis Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Davis Avenue Bridge, Spanning Woods Run Avenue at Davis Avenue, Pittsb...

Significance: The bridge is a cantilevered structure constructed for transportation, social, and municipal purposes. Constructed before Allegheny City was consolidated into greater Pittsburgh, the bridge repres... More

Davis Avenue Bridge, Spanning Woods Run Avenue at Davis Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Davis Avenue Bridge, Spanning Woods Run Avenue at Davis Avenue, Pittsb...

Significance: The bridge is a cantilevered structure constructed for transportation, social, and municipal purposes. Constructed before Allegheny City was consolidated into greater Pittsburgh, the bridge repres... More

McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State R...

Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal through arch bridge constructed by Allegheny County as part of an intensive bridge-building campaign during the late 1920s and early 1930s... More

Pithole Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Pithole Creek at Eagle Rock Road (State Route 1004), Pithole City, Venango County, PA

Pithole Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Pithole Creek at Eagle Rock Road (...

Significance: It is significant as a late 19th century example of a rural masonry bridge constructed at a time when most of its counterparts were built in the more common metal truss types. Although considered ... More

Pithole Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Pithole Creek at Eagle Rock Road (State Route 1004), Pithole City, Venango County, PA

Pithole Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Pithole Creek at Eagle Rock Road (...

Significance: It is significant as a late 19th century example of a rural masonry bridge constructed at a time when most of its counterparts were built in the more common metal truss types. Although considered ... More

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River Drives, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River Drives, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

George Westinghouse Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek at Lincoln Highway (...

Significance: Hailed as "America's Longest Concrete-Arch Bridge" when it opened in 1932, the bridge's main span remains one of the longest concrete arch spans in the U.S. This structure represents the highest e... More

East Bloomsburg Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Pennsylvania Route 487 (Legislative Route 283), Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA

East Bloomsburg Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Pennsylvania Rou...

Significance: The existing East Bloomsburg Bridge consists of six equal pin-connected through-truss spans of 190 foot length with two feet between end bearings at the piers for a total length of 1150 feet. The... More

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Covered Bridge Road (State Route 1030), Manatawny, Berks County, PA

Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Cover...

Significance: One of five remaining covered wooden bridges in Berks County, the bridge is a contributing resource in the Oley Township Historic District. It is distinctive for its two-phase construction: an arc... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

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