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Lilly Bridge

Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

3/4 View From Northwest

Photo taken by Joseph Eliott for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #267684

Map 

Street View 

Description 

It is significant as an outstanding example of early 19th century masonry arch construction, and for its association with the Allgeheny Portage Railroad, which the bridge originally carried across the steam now known as Burgoon Run. The Allegheny Portage Railroad, a system of rail lines and inclined planes completed in 1834, was designed to carry boats from the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal across the Allegheny Mountains..

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Burgoon Run on PA 53
Location
Lilly, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1832
Railroad
- Allegheny Portage Railroad
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Total length: 18.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.42390, -78.61889   (decimal degrees)
40°25'26" N, 78°37'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/701997/4477530 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cresson
Inventory numbers
NRHP 88000785 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 58286 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,059)
Allegheny Portage Railroad (5)
Arch (12,728)
Built 1832 (61)
Built during 1830s (304)
Cambria County, Pennsylvania (70)
Deck arch (11,955)
HAER documented (1,132)
Have street view (29,890)
Lilly, Pennsylvania (1)
 NR-listed (3,015)
Open (41,202)
Owned by state (16,648)
PA 53 (6)
Pennsylvania (6,308)
Rail-to-road (359)
Railroad (16,665)
Stone arch (3,309)
Total length under 25 feet (2,610)

Update Log 

  • October 4, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • HAER PA-452 - Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at State Route 53, Lilly, Cambria County, PA

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