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V Bridges

Mercer County, Pennsylvania

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V Bridges - Sharon

looking east

Photo from old postcard

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #462541

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridges over Shenango River on Silver Street
Location
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1907; One span lost during 1913 flood and repaired 1914; Replaced 1982
Builders
- Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Superstructure)
- McIntyre & Sons (Substructure)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.23431, -80.51035   (decimal degrees)
41°14'04" N, 80°30'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/541033/4564883 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87500 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1907 (697)
Built during 1900s (7,194)
Canton Bridge Co. (190)
Lost (24,610)
Lost 1982 (108)
Lost during 1980s (1,363)
McIntyre & Sons (1)
Mercer County, Pennsylvania (70)
 Pennsylvania (5,312)
Pratt through truss (5,370)
Pratt truss (9,268)
Replaced by new bridge (16,489)
Sharon, Pennsylvania (10)
Through truss (15,015)
Truss (32,705)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • December 16, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Luke
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V Bridges - Sharon
Posted December 16, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

I would have loved to see these bridges!