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Multi-span Pennsylvania truss: City Line Avenue Bridge: 1913 June 22, 1988: Philadelphia ... Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge: 1901, 1904 August 13, 1979: Pittsburgh
This new bridge type, wooden with a covered span, was developed because traditional European methods, typically stone bridges, were not appropriate for the harsh Pennsylvania winters. Many of the bridges were named for pioneer families residing near the bridges. [2] Some people call Pennsylvania the "Covered Bridge Capital of the Nation". [2]
a.k.a. the Green Bridge, located in the Village of Unadilla, is a large two span iron Truss bridge connects the Village of Unadilla to Interstate 88 via State Route 357. Wells Bridge (Original) The original Wells Bridge is a two lane Iron truss Bridge with a "holey deck" that is accessible to pedestrians, only.
The new span was the first of its type built in Pennsylvania at a cost of nearly $100 million . The westbound span opened on May 17, 2007, and the eastbound span was opened on June 17, 2007. The new roadway and bridges opened to normal traffic flow in the summer of 2008. The old span was demolished on August 22, 2007. [3]
Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct (also known as the Nicholson Bridge and the Tunkhannock Viaduct) is a concrete deck arch bridge on the Nicholson Cutoff rail line segment of the Norfolk Southern Railway Sunbury Line that spans Tunkhannock Creek in Nicholson, Pennsylvania.
The Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge, officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge, spans the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and carries Pennsylvania Route 462 and BicyclePA Route S. Built originally as the Lancaster-York Intercounty Bridge, construction began in 1929, and the bridge opened September 30, 1930. On ...
The swing span sat between two 97-foot-9 + 3 ⁄ 8-inch (29.8 m) approach spans. [7] "The mechanism, located on the swing span and driven by steam, is typical of movable bridge construction at the turn of the twentieth century," wrote historian Justin Spivey. [1] It was completed and opened in 1902.
Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Completed in 1848 at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $11,268,923 today), it was at the time the world's largest stone railway viaduct and was thought to be the most expensive railway bridge as well.