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Steigers Run Bridge
Photo
1780_mercersburg
Steiger House with creek and bridge in foreground
No reproduction of image for the purpose of resale or other publication without approval. Image for sale at www.laughlinpostcards.com by Tom Taylor
Clyde A. Laughlin via Tom Taylor
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BH Photo #230296
Description
This interesting bridge was built as part of the Turnpike which was organized in 1816. Houses were built over the stream.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Stone arch bridge over Steigers Run on Pa 16; Sr 0016 (Buchanan Trail W)
- Location
- Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1814 ca; Replaced 1941
- Design
- Double-arch stone bridge
- Also called
- The Run Bridge
Steiger's Bridge over Quality Run
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.83056, -77.90389 (decimal degrees)
39°49'50" N, 77°54'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/251494/4412986 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mercersburg
- Inventory number
- BH 52133 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 21, 2012: Added by Jodi Christman