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The Juniata River (/ ˌ dʒ uː n i ˈ æ t ə /) [1] is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 104 miles (167 km) long, [2] in central Pennsylvania. The river is considered scenic along much of its route, having a broad and shallow course passing through several mountain ridges and steeply lined water gaps .
The road runs through more rural land and winds east, turning northeast to pass through the community of Pine Glen. PA 103 continues northeast through the community of Longfellow before the Juniata River and railroad closely parallel the road to the northwest, with Blue Mountain located to the southeast of the road.
The Raystown Branch Juniata River is the largest and longest tributary of the Juniata River in south-central Pennsylvania in the United States. [4]The Raystown Branch Juniata River begins along the Allegheny Front in Somerset County and flows 123 miles (198 km) to the confluence with the Juniata River near Huntingdon. [5]
Game Lands Number 147 is located on the slopes of Dunning Mountain south of the pass containing the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. It consists of four parcels located in Blair, Frankstown, Huston, Taylor, and Woodbury townships. Altoona is located about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the Game Lands.
The Frankstown Branch Juniata River is a 46.0-mile-long (74.0 km) [1] tributary of the Juniata River in Blair and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [ 2 ] The headwater tributaries of the Frankstown Branch rise on the slopes of the Allegheny Front south of Altoona .
The streams cutting those various gaps either let out into the Susquehanna River tributaries, the Juniata River, or the West Branch of the Susquehanna, so gave the rich Pennsylvania Dutch country access to the interior and the ramp-like valleys climbing to the divide, as did the Main Branch of the Susquehanna and its tributaries climbing to the ...
Thus the Little Juniata was (and still is) listed as a commercially "navigable" river. The Little Juniata River is a good spot for fly fishing; it holds a Class A population of wild brown trout and requires no stocking. Accident on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, on the river near Birmingham, Huntingdon County; Harper's Weekly, January 14, 1864
The longest bridge in Juniata County is the First Street Bridge over the Juniata River in Port Royal. It is 1,087 feet (331 m) long and was built in 1937. The second-longest bridge in the county crosses the Juniata River at Thompsontown Station and is 808.1 feet (246.3 m) long. It was built in 1994.