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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

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Mount Union Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, north of Township Route 780 Bridge, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Mount Union Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, nor...

Significance: The bridge is significant as an example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's prolific stone arch bridge construction during the early 20th century. In addition, it elegantly breaks classical aesthetic r... 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

River Road Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek in Spring Creek Township, Hallton, Elk County, PA

River Road Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek in Spring Creek Township, Hal...

Significance: The River Road Bridge is technologically and historically significant as a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss from the period of circa 1880 to 1910; in Pennsylvania Depa... More

River Road Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek in Spring Creek Township, Hallton, Elk County, PA

River Road Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek in Spring Creek Township, Hal...

Significance: The River Road Bridge is technologically and historically significant as a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss from the period of circa 1880 to 1910; in Pennsylvania Depa... More

River Road Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek in Spring Creek Township, Hallton, Elk County, PA

River Road Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek in Spring Creek Township, Hal...

Significance: The River Road Bridge is technologically and historically significant as a rare surviving example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss from the period of circa 1880 to 1910; in Pennsylvania Depa... 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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Schuylkill River & Green Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway...

Significance: The bridge's nine open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches follow an unusual reverse curvature, which earns it the nickname "S-bridge." Towering over the town of Manayunk and the Schuylkill Expres... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Schuylkill River & Green Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway...

Significance: The bridge's nine open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches follow an unusual reverse curvature, which earns it the nickname "S-bridge." Towering over the town of Manayunk and the Schuylkill Expres... 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

Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth Street, from Washington Avenue to Passayunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...

Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction

Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth Street, from Washington Avenue to Passayunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...

Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction

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

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River...

Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss b... 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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schu...

Significance: The Peacock's Lock Viaduct, named after a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Division Canal, may be the only masonry arch bridge in the U.S. with pierced spandrels. The circular openings between arche... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schu...

Significance: The Peacock's Lock Viaduct, named after a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Division Canal, may be the only masonry arch bridge in the U.S. with pierced spandrels. The circular openings between arche... 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

Monongahela Railroad, New Geneva Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, South of Lock & Dam No. 7, New Geneva, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railroad, New Geneva Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, S...

Significance: The bridge at New Geneva is significant for its long Petit through through truss, and more importantly, for its erection by end manufacturing. At the time of its construction, it was the longest a... 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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls, Spanning Schuylkill River, southeast of Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls, Spanning Schuyl...

See also HAER PA-39 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's second bridge at West Falls complements the adjacent Falls Bridge (1854) i... 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

Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, north of Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River...

See also HABS PA-6213 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Completed in 1867, the Connecting Railway's Schuylkil... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Granville Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, 1.25 miles west of Lewistown, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Granville Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, 1.25 ...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a well-preserved example of a medium-length stone arch bridge, representing the Pennsylvania Railroad's monumental capitol investment and desire for "permanent" struct... 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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, east of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Gladwyne, Montgomery County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Cree...

Significance: This structure is significant as a well-preserved example among dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century, and one of few with a curv... 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

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

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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, North of I-83 Bridge, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Su...

Significance: The structure is significant as a late example of a reinforced concrete arch design by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and perhaps the longest such structure on the former P&R system. Its des... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh River Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh River, north of Stonycreek River, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh River Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh Riv...

Significance: This structure is the first large stone arch bridge among many that defined Chief Engineer William H. Brown's reputation as the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone man." The site is also significant as... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Manatawny Creek Bridge, Spanning Manatawny Creek, south of Ben Franklin Highway, Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Manatawny Creek Bridge, Spanning Mana...

Significance: The bridge is typical of dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century. This particular example demonstrates how the railroad used reinfo... 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

Chester & Delaware River Railroad, Chester Creek Bridge, Spanning Chester Creek at Edgemont Avenue, Chester, Delaware County, PA

Chester & Delaware River Railroad, Chester Creek Bridge, Spanning Ches...

Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of moveable railroad structures in this state. This bridge is remarkably low, about a foot above water at high t... 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

Pennsylvania & New Jersey Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, south of Betsy Ross Bridge (State Route 90), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania & New Jersey Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning De...

Significance: Because of its location on the lower Delaware River, the bridge has a collection of extremely long and heavy spans. These include the world's heaviest center-bearing swing span, completed in 1896,... 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

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...

See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...

See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen River, East of State Route 590, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen Ri...

Significance: The former Erie Railroad bridge over the Lackawaxen River is significant as a late nineteenth-century truss structure remaining in main-line service, and as the work of a major bridge-building com... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen River, East of State Route 590, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen Ri...

Significance: The former Erie Railroad bridge over the Lackawaxen River is significant as a late nineteenth-century truss structure remaining in main-line service, and as the work of a major bridge-building com... More

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen River, East of State Route 590, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA

Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen Ri...

Significance: The former Erie Railroad bridge over the Lackawaxen River is significant as a late nineteenth-century truss structure remaining in main-line service, and as the work of a major bridge-building com... 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

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Peevy Road Bridge, Peevy Road spanning Perkiomen Creek in Upper Hanover Township, East Greenville, Montgomery County, PA

Peevy Road Bridge, Peevy Road spanning Perkiomen Creek in Upper Hanove...

Significance: The Peevy Road Bridge is an outstanding and exceptionally well-preserved example of a Pratt through truss by the Dayton, Ohio based Columbia Bridge Works. It exemplifies a number of innovations a... 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

Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street at Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street a...

Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... 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

Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth Street, from Washington Avenue to Passayunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...

Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction

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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, West of Rotary Island, Yardley, Bucks County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaw...

Significance: The bridge, an early, large-scale reinforced concrete structure, is a significant example of its type because of several unusual details. Its closed-spandrel arches are rife with expansion joints ... 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

Monongahela Railroad, New Geneva Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, South of Lock & Dam No. 7, New Geneva, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railroad, New Geneva Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, S...

Significance: The bridge at New Geneva is significant for its long Petit through through truss, and more importantly, for its erection by end manufacturing. At the time of its construction, it was the longest a... 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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls, Spanning Schuylkill River, southeast of Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls, Spanning Schuyl...

See also HAER PA-39 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's second bridge at West Falls complements the adjacent Falls Bridge (1854) i... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh River Bridge at Easton, Spanning Lehigh River at Third Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh River Bridge at Easton, Spannin...

Significance: This skewed crossing of the Lehigh River, with one span over the Third Street Bridge, is significant as a highly visible local landmark. When the structure partially collapsed during a 1902 flood,... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh River Bridge at Easton, Spanning Lehigh River at Third Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh River Bridge at Easton, Spannin...

Significance: This skewed crossing of the Lehigh River, with one span over the Third Street Bridge, is significant as a highly visible local landmark. When the structure partially collapsed during a 1902 flood,... More

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, Allegheny River Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River, East of Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76), Oakmont, Allegheny County, PA

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, Allegheny River Bridge, Spanning Allegh...

Significance: The bridge was designed by two U.S. Steel subsidiaries - the railroad and the American Bridge Company - as a showpiece for their parent company. This structure not only introduced new silicon stee... More

Kralltown Road Bridge, Spanning Bermudian Creek at Kralltown Road (State Route 4017), Kralltown, York County, PA

Kralltown Road Bridge, Spanning Bermudian Creek at Kralltown Road (Sta...

Significance: It was built in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, a leading 19th century bridge fabricator and builder. It is a double-intersection Pratt through truss, a representative truss type used for... More

Kralltown Road Bridge, Spanning Bermudian Creek at Kralltown Road (State Route 4017), Kralltown, York County, PA

Kralltown Road Bridge, Spanning Bermudian Creek at Kralltown Road (Sta...

Significance: It was built in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, a leading 19th century bridge fabricator and builder. It is a double-intersection Pratt through truss, a representative truss type used for... 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

South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata Creek, Duncannon, Perry County, PA

South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata C...

Significance: The South High Street Bridge is one of four surviving lenticular truss bridges in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and one of fifty remaining in the United States. The truss derives its name from... More

South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata Creek, Duncannon, Perry County, PA

South High Street Bridge, South High Street, spanning Little Juniata C...

Significance: The South High Street Bridge is one of four surviving lenticular truss bridges in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and one of fifty remaining in the United States. The truss derives its name from... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, east of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Gladwyne, Montgomery County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Cree...

Significance: This structure is significant as a well-preserved example among dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century, and one of few with a curv... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Creek, south of Buckwalter Road, Pickering, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Cre...

Significance: The trestle is significant as a high trestle with both horizontal and vertical curvature. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N596 Survey number: HAER PA-521 Building/str... More

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