Pine Creek Bridge
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
and Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Photos
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Approach Road To Bridge, From South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Sw Portal Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective From South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective From South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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East Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Interior View Of Span From South Portal Towards North Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Pin Connection, Panel And Built-Up Box Beams Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Interior View Of North Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of End Post With Latticed Bracing, Builder's Plate And Decorative Finial Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Builder's Plate At North Portal. Plate Reads: 1889, Built By The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. East Berlin Conn. Douglas & Jarvis Pat. Apt. 16, 1878, Ap'L 17, 1885. A.P. Foresman, Wm. S. Starr, T.J. Strebeigh, Commissioners Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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North Portal Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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North Portal Elevation With Approach Road Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective From Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of North Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Facts
- Overview
- Lenticular through truss bridge over Pine Creek on PA 3003
- Status
- Disassembled and awaiting reconstruction
- History
- Built 1889; rehabilitated 1964
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 290.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.18079, -77.27883 (decimal degrees)
41°10'51" N, 77°16'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/308864/4561330 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Jersey Shore
- Inventory numbers
- PA 41 3003 0010 0000 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 88000842 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31267 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 05/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 856
Sources
- HAER PA-614 - Pine Creek Bridge, River Road spanning Pine Creek, Jersery Shore vicinity, Lycoming County, PA
Comments
I believe the photo's used in this writing about the bridge crossing Pine Creek are the products of Mr. Charles Harer of Jersey Shore, PA. He was a noted photographer from Jersey Shore, PA. I feel the credits for the photography used in this story are his. Harold Pepperman
I am 88 yrs of age, and in my lifetime, the bridge over Pine Creek on the river road has been called the Black Bridge. In recent years the bridge was painted antique gold. This treatment was rather a green color and in time it became much lighter colored and some of the people referred to it as the Silver Bridge. But as far as I know it is still the Black Bridge. Many of the natives that live in its vicinity concur with me on this. I have been trying to find an obituary for Mr. Michael Bond Rich of Woolrich who was killed there. His vehicle struck the right hand approach girder. Thank you, Harold Pepperman. 312 Glover St. Jersey Shore, PA. 17740
This bridge was a beautiful example of warren style lenticular through truss. It has been taken down in an attempte to repair it -- Deterioration was worse than thought. Write to Penn DOT to make sure they make the repairs and get the bridge back up. This Lenticular bridge is only one of about 50 or so left in the county and it may be the largest/longest surviving Lenticular truss made by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company.