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Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Bridge in Athens Township: 1913 June 22, 1988 removed August 22, 2012: Athens: Bradford: Pennsylvania (petit) truss Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
In the early 1800s, the first covered bridge in the United States was constructed by Timothy Palmer crossing the Schuylkill River at 30th Street in Philadelphia. [2] 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.
PA-90: Catawissa Bridge Replaced Warren truss: 1898 1984 PA 42 (Main Street) West Branch Susquehanna River: Catawissa: Columbia: PA-91: Bridge Street Bridge Replaced Pratt truss: 1897 1985 Bridge Street South Branch French Creek: Union City: Erie
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.
The substitution of a new steel span, 180 feet long and weighing 400 tons, for a section of the old double decked wooden railroad bridge over the Allegheny at this point, the work of making the change occupying an actual period of only 10 minutes, was an engineering fete witnessed early today by practically all the inhabitants of this place.
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Peacock's Lock Viaduct is a stone arch bridge over the Schuylkill River near Reading, Pennsylvania, constructed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad between 1853 and 1856. It is named for a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Canal. The bridge is notable for its pierced spandrels, or circular openings between the arch rings and the deck. While ...
During the audit period, which extended from July 2020 through May 2023, the commonwealth spent roughly $1.2 billion to fix or replace these bridges, DeFoor said. U.S MAP: Not all Pa. bridge ...