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
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
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
Fayette County Bridge No. 103, Township Route 364, spanning Jacobs Cre...
Significance: The bridge is a significant example of a local metal truss bridge with important engineering characteristics evident in the metal truss and stone masonry abutments. Survey number: HAER PA-477 Bu... More
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, 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
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
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, 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, 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, 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
Three Sisters Bridges, Seventh Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River...
Survey number: HAER PA-490-B Building/structure dates: 1924-1926 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86000018
Lower Bridge at English Center, Spanning Little Pine Creek at State Ro...
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... More
Lower Bridge at English Center, Spanning Little Pine Creek at State Ro...
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... More
Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12, Spanning Conestoga River at Farmers...
Significance: Big Conestoga Creek Bridge No. 12 is a rare combination of cantilever, arch and through-girder forms in reinforced concrete. Lancaster County engineer Frank H. Shaw, designing to meet economic co... More
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
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 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
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
Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, C...
Significance: Mead Avenue, formerly Dock Street, bears the unusual distinction of having two bridges on the same site at one time. Grafted to the original double-intersection Whipple truss built by Penn Bridge... More
Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, C...
Significance: Mead Avenue, formerly Dock Street, bears the unusual distinction of having two bridges on the same site at one time. Grafted to the original double-intersection Whipple truss built by Penn Bridge... More
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, 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...
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...
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
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
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
St. Anthony Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek, Legislative Route 5...
Significance: The St. Anthony Street Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, length of truss for this age, and builder. The Champion Bridge Company... More
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
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
Washington Crossing Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Fortieth Stree...
See also HABS PA-1179 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal deck arch bridge. Its unique architectural details, forged in a suc... More
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 (...
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 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
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 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 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 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
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
Six Penny Bridge, Spanning Sixpenny Creek, Monocacy, Berks County, PA
Significance: Six Penny Bridge is an intact example of an early twentieth century reinforced concrete arch bridge built by the Ferro Concrete Company of Philadelphia, an agent for Daniel B. Luten's patented des... More
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 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
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
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 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 (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
Mead Avenue Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Mead Avenue, Meadville, C...
Significance: Mead Avenue, formerly Dock Street, bears the unusual distinction of having two bridges on the same site at one time. Grafted to the original double-intersection Whipple truss built by Penn Bridge... More
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
St. Anthony Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek, Legislative Route 5...
Significance: The St. Anthony Street Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, length of truss for this age, and builder. The Champion Bridge Company... More
St. Anthony Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek, Legislative Route 5...
Significance: The St. Anthony Street Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, length of truss for this age, and builder. The Champion Bridge Company... More
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
Keggereis Ford Bridge, Spanning West Branch Conococheague Creek at Sta...
Significance: Keggereis Ford Bridge is a multiple-span reinforced concrete arch bridge built by a regionally significant bridge contractor. It is of engineering interest for its rib arch design and its relativ... More
Keggereis Ford Bridge, Spanning West Branch Conococheague Creek at Sta...
Significance: Keggereis Ford Bridge is a multiple-span reinforced concrete arch bridge built by a regionally significant bridge contractor. It is of engineering interest for its rib arch design and its relativ... More
Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Bridge, Spanning Paxton Creek & Cameron ...
Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a monumental bridge. Its militaristic decorative elements indicate its purpose as a memorial to all Pennsylvanians who have served in the armed forces. The ca... More
College Avenue Bridge, Pennsylvania Route 58/ Legislative Route 82 spa...
Significance: The College Avenue Bridge in Greenville, Pennsylvania, is a simple pony truss bridge that spans the Little Shenango River on the northern side of Greenville, providing access to the Shenango Valle... More
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
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, 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
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
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
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 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
Northampton Street Bridge, Spanning Delaware River at Northampton Stre...
Significance: The bridge is one of a few extant eye-bar cantilever bridges in the U.S. Its long central span, supported between two cantilever arms, is carefully disguised by superfluous members so as to appear... More
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
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...
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
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
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 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, 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
St. Anthony Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek, Legislative Route 5...
Significance: The St. Anthony Street Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, length of truss for this age, and builder. The Champion Bridge Company... More
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, 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
Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at River Street (State Route 20...
Significance: This filled-spandrel stone arch bridge is distinguished by its 39' span over Mill Creek with an impressive 32'10" clear height. Unusual corbels at the spring line, used to support temporary center... More
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
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
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, 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
Walnut Lane Bridge, Spanning Wissahickon Creek at Walnut Lane (State R...
Significance: When completed in 1908, the bridge was the world's longest concrete arch bridge. Taking inspiration from a 1904 masonry arch bridge in Luxembourg, Webster, and Quimby's two-rib, open-spandrel desi... More
Walnut Lane Bridge, Spanning Wissahickon Creek at Walnut Lane (State R...
Significance: When completed in 1908, the bridge was the world's longest concrete arch bridge. Taking inspiration from a 1904 masonry arch bridge in Luxembourg, Webster, and Quimby's two-rib, open-spandrel desi... More
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
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
Six Penny Bridge, Spanning Sixpenny Creek, Monocacy, Berks County, PA
Significance: Six Penny Bridge is an intact example of an early twentieth century reinforced concrete arch bridge built by the Ferro Concrete Company of Philadelphia, an agent for Daniel B. Luten's patented des... More
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
Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Secon...
Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Wash... More
"S" Bridge, Spanning Tulpehocken Creek at State Route 3061, Stouchsbur...
Significance: This three-span stone arch bridge represents the long tradition of stone arch bridge-building in Pennsylvania. The bridge was once a crossing on the Berks and Dauphin Turnpike, and it is near the ... More
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
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...
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
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 (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 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
St. Anthony Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek, Legislative Route 5...
Significance: The St. Anthony Street Bridge is significant in the areas of engineering and transportation, specifically for its age, size, length of truss for this age, and builder. The Champion Bridge Company... More