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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
Pennsylvania Route 3 (PA 3) is a 24.3-mile (39.1 km) state highway located in the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania. The route runs from U.S. Route 322 Business (US 322 Bus.) in West Chester east to PA 611 (Broad Street) in Philadelphia. The route begins in downtown West Chester and heads east out of the borough as a one-way pair of streets.
Pennsylvania Route 252 Alternate Truck is a truck route around a weight-restricted bridge over the Crum Creek at the Springton Reservoir in Marple Township, on which trucks over 34 tons and combination loads over 40 tons are prohibited. The truck route follows Providence Road and PA 3 between Upper Providence Township and Newtown Square.
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
Rather than rebuild, the C&PD bridge was combined with the A&S bridge to form a unique two-line, two-level steel viaduct known as the Safe Harbor Trestle. This bridge at the Conestoga carried the C&PD line over the river, while the A&S ran parallel and approximately 100 feet (30 m) above. Construction was completed and the line opened by July 1906.
A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Pequea #8 Bridge. [2] The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from oak planks. [2] It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside.
The Henninger Farm Covered Bridge, also known as Dauphin County Bridge No. 43, is an historic covered bridge spanning Wiconisco Creek in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The only remaining covered bridge located wholly in Dauphin County, [2] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
In 1928, PA 263 was designated to run from US 611 (now PA 611) in Willow Grove north to the Delaware River in Centre Bridge. [2] The Upper York Road portion of PA 263 was paved by 1940. [8] By 1970, work was underway on widening PA 263 to a four-lane highway between County Line Road and PA 413 in Buckingham. [9] The widening was complete by 1971.