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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
The present structure, built in 1887–88, is a five-span, two-track stone arch railroad bridge. The first crossing at this location was a 1,412 feet (430 m) series of 11 wooden Town lattice trusses constructed in 1829 for the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad , which was purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and incorporated into its ...
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]
The bridge is accessible to road traffic from within the park. 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. [1] It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside. Both approaches to the ...
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.
Keller's Mill Covered 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] The bridge is the only all white bridge in the county, not red. In fact, just about all covered bridges were whitewashed both inside and out.
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 Stone Bridge spans the Conemaugh River in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The bridge is a seven-arch stone railroad bridge located on the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1887–88. Its upstream face was reinforced with concrete in 1929. [1]