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Kinzua Bridge (Original)

McKean County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

File:Kinzuabridgeold3.jpg

Photo taken by HAER

View this photo at en.m.wikipedia.org

BH Photo #277854

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck truss bridge over Kinzua Creek on Erie Railroad
Location
McKean County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1882; Replaced 1900
Builders
- Octave Chanute of Paris, France (Designer)
- Phoenix Iron Works of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Builder)
Railroad
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
Design
Deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.76271, -78.58890   (decimal degrees)
41°45'46" N, 78°35'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/700428/4626240 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cyclone
Inventory number
BH 60128 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
Built 1882 (143)
Built during 1880s (1,994)
Deck truss (1,732)
Erie Railroad (271)
Lost (24,749)
Lost 1900 (21)
Lost during 1900s (315)
 McKean County, Pennsylvania (46)
Octave Chanute (7)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Phoenix Iron Works (17)
Railroad (15,426)
Replaced by new bridge (16,590)
Truss (32,799)

Update Log 

  • January 10, 2018: New photo from Dave King
  • March 7, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • March 5, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Erie Railroad", "Railroad"
  • March 5, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Comments 

Kinzua Bridge (Original)
Posted March 5, 2014, by Dave King (DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I accidentally deleted the other one. I clicked the link thinking it was to this page. I sincerely apologize for the mistake.

Kinzua Bridge (Original)
Posted March 5, 2014, by Jacob P. Bernard (jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This page is a dupe.

http://bridgehunter.com/pa/mckean/old-kinzua/