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Henszey Bowstring Bridge

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

File:Bridge in Lynn Township.jpg

Photo taken by PennDOT

View this photo at en.m.wikipedia.org

BH Photo #277766

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Bowstring Bridge over Ontelaunee Creek on Route 39112
Location
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status
Moved to Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale PA
History
Built 1880
Builders
- Continental Bridge Co. of Philadelphia (1869-1878)
- Joseph G. Henszey
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.66342, -75.83587   (decimal degrees)
40°39'48" N, 75°50'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/429345/4501729 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Tripoli
Inventory number
BH 60121 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,560)
Bowstring pony truss (273)
Bowstring truss (540)
Built 1880 (178)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Continental Bridge Co. of Philadelphia (1)
Formerly NR-listed (136)
 Joseph G. Henszey (9)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (108)
Open to pedestrians (4,209)
Owned by college (77)
Pennsylvania (5,317)
Pony truss (16,182)
Truss (32,773)

Update Log 

  • March 26, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 4, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Henszey Bowstring Bridge in Lynn Township
Posted March 5, 2014, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

It would appear that this is an earlier photo of this bridge:

http://bridgehunter.com/pa/cumberland/bh44138/