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In 1974, the Eighth Street Bridge was formally renamed the Albertus L. Meyers Bridge in honor of Albertus L. Meyers, a conductor of the Allentown Band and a cornet player in John Philip Sousa's band. As a boy, Meyers played in the Allentown Band at the 1913 opening of the bridge that now bears his name. [5]
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County Trout Hall, built in 1770 by James Allen, son of Allentown founder William Allen, is one of the oldest houses in Allentown; from 1867 to 1905, it served as the home of Muhlenberg College The 24-story PPL Building in Center City Allentown, the city's tallest building PPL Center ...
Girard Point Bridge: I-95: Mud Island, Southwest Philadelphia and South Philadelphia 1973 Double-deck bridge; upper deck southbound George C. Platt Bridge: PA 291: 1949 Through truss bridge
Ward Street (15th Street) Bridge (1957) Map location: 40°35′28″N 075°28′59″W / 40.59111°N 75.48306°W / 40.59111; -75.48306 ( Ward Street Commonly referred to as the 15th Street Bridge, it was the second city bridge across Little Lehigh River, and first bridge to provide direct access from west-side Allentown (15th ...
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel, Allenschtadt, or Ellsdaun) is the county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] It is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census and the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area ...
Image credits: bonlow87 #5. Was a student nurse shadowing a community health visitor. Visited a pregnant woman who hadn't found out the gender of the baby yet.
It organized the Allentown Bridge Company and commissioned noted bridge engineer Benjamin H. Davis to design the bridge. The resulting seventeen arch concrete span cost over $500,000 (equal to $15,414,141 today) and required 29,500 cubic yards (22,600 m 3 ) of concrete and 1,100,000 pounds (500,000 kg) of metal reinforcing rods .
1st Ward (Lehigh River to Jordan Creek east to west, and the Little Lehigh Creek through Gordon Street south to north) The 1st Ward was created under the name "Lehigh Ward" on August 30, 1852. It was the first section annexed to Allentown beyond the original boundaries of the city as established by city founder William Allen in 1762.