Washingtonville Bridge

Photos

View, From East, Showing South Truss

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #314264

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Description

The Washingtonville Bridge is a small span Pratt pony truss, fabricated by the Phoenix Bridge Company for the New York firm of Dean & Westbrook. It is a typical example, although a rare survivor, of a standardized Phoenix Bridge Company low truss roadway bridge. The bridge is one of 144 Pennsylvania highway bridges nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Bridge structure relocated to Knoebels Grove Amusement Park in 1987 and reconstructed for adaptive reuse on a steam-powered miniature amusement railroad.

Facts

Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Chillisquaque Creek on Bush Road (Legislative Route 47036)
Location: Montour County, Pennsylvania
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1887; Replaced 1987
Builders: - Dean & Westbrook of New York, New York
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Design: 5-panel pin-connected Pratt Pony truss
Dimensions: Total length: 73.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.05674, -76.67981 (decimal degrees)
41°03'24" N, 76°40'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/358844/4546414 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Washingtonville
Inventory number: BH 65612 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

January 22, 2015: Added by Dave King

Related Bridges

Knoebels Amusement Park Miniature Railroad Bridge (Parts reused in)

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER PA-98 - Washingtonville Bridge, Pennsylvania Legislative Route 47036, spanning Chillisquaque Creek (Derry Township), Washingtonville, Montour County, PA
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth