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Waterville Bridge - Original Location

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Waterville Bridge

Photo from National Register nomination

View this photo at pahistoricpreservation.com

BH Photo #501361

Map 

Description 

See BH 36037 for new location and details

Facts 

Overview
Relocated Lenticular through truss bridge originally over Little Pine Creek on SR 44
Location
Waterville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge and relocated in 1985 to Lebanon County. Open for pedestrian use at current location.
History
Built 1890; relocated 1985.
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design
Lenticular Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.30968, -77.36275   (decimal degrees)
41°18'35" N, 77°21'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/302214/4575828 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 93589 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,400)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (202)
Built 1890 (293)
Built during 1890s (3,195)
Lenticular Warren truss (5)
Lenticular through truss (91)
Lenticular truss (192)
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (94)
 Open to pedestrians (4,584)
Owned by township (3,288)
Pennsylvania (5,815)
Through truss (16,821)
Truss (35,508)
Warren through truss (1,706)
Warren truss (7,005)
Waterville, Pennsylvania (2)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 15, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder and changed truss type to reflect that this is a Warren Lenticular through truss.
  • August 14, 2021: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • August 13, 2021: New photo from Stephen Buonopane
  • July 9, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Stephen Buonopane
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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