OCTL - Diverging Through Truss Bridge

Photos 

Jack E. Boucher, Photographer, July 1971. Aerial Reconnaissance Ii, Erie Railway Survey.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #217247

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lattice through truss bridge over French Creek on Oil Creek & Titusville Lines (Nee Erie Railway)

Location

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Oil Creek & Titusville Lines (OCTL)

Design

Quadrangular lattice through truss

Also called

Erie - French Creek Bridge (Lower)
OCTL - French Creek Bridge
Erie - Diverging Through Truss Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.83247, -79.97770   (decimal degrees)
41°49'57" N, 79°58'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/584887/4631680 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Millers Station

Inventory number

BH 49819 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 19, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• October 15, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
• October 15, 2011: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

• WYNP - Diverging Deck Truss Bridge (Above)

Sources 

• HAER PA-27 - Erie Railway, Diverging French Creek Bridges, 2.7 miles Southeast of U.S. 6/19, 3.6 miles Northeast of State Route 408, 1.7 miles Northeast of Millers Station, Cambridge Springs vicinity, Crawford County, PA
• Luke
• Dana and Kay Klein

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