Jordon Cemetery Bridge

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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Behind me is Rt. 994

Photo taken by Jodi Christman on 4/30/11

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Jordon Cemetery was erected in 1802 by R.C. Booher. This bridge leads into the cemetery from Rt. 994. EBT RR reached out past this area by 1874, so the bridge could date back that far or be a replacement to a previosu bridge. You can access the cemetery from the south side connecting to Rt. 475, but it is a further distance and more likely folks travelled to the cemetery from Rt. 994.

Facts

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Former East Broad Top RR on T343 (Jordon Cemetery Rd)
Location: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Design: Steel stringer (timber deck)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.21978, -77.90586 (decimal degrees)
40°13'11" N, 77°54'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/252736/4456201 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Orbisonia
Inventory number: BH 48734 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed category rail to road as the bridge crosses over a former EBT ROW
July 16, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Rail-to-road" to fix the auto add of the A&R Line
July 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co."
May 3, 2011: Added by Jodi Christman

Sources

Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net