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GAP - Ohiopyle Youghioogheny River Trail Bridge

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in August 2016

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BH Photo #361269

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Overview
Modern bowstring pony truss bridge over Youghioogheny River & PA381 on Great Allegheny Passage
Location
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1999
Railroad
- Western Maryland Railway (WM)
Design
7 span modern bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.87056, -79.49363   (decimal degrees)
39°52'14" N, 79°29'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/628828/4414476 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ohiopyle
Inventory number
BH 73354 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Built 1999 (69)
Built during 1990s (728)
Curved (464)
Fayette County, Pennsylvania (85)
Great Allegheny Passage (23)
Have street view (27,131)
Modern (2,459)
 Modern bowstring pony truss (24)
Modern pony truss (100)
Modern truss (166)
Open to pedestrians (4,283)
Owned by state (16,099)
Pennsylvania (5,354)
Rail-to-trail (1,572)
Western Maryland Railway (90)

Update Log 

  • October 23, 2016: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • August 24, 2016: Added by Steve Conro

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GAP - Ohiopyle Youghioogheny River Trail Bridge
Posted October 24, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Clark,

Todd Wilson reports that it was a deck plate girder.

http://www.bridgemapper.com/bridge_detail.php?ID=3582

GAP - Ohiopyle Youghioogheny River Trail Bridge
Posted October 24, 2016, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Any clue what used to be here?