Camelback Bridge

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CONTEXTUAL VIEW FROM NORTH.

HAER PA,55-SELI.V,2-6

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BH Photo #190954

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Description

This bridge was locally known as the "Camelback Bridge" due to a serious camber built into the deck. This was in part an attempt to raise the concrete arches above the typical level of frequent spring ice jams at the location.

An attempt was made to preserve the bridge in 1992, but the Army Corps of Engineers rejected the possibility of a deteriorated concrete arch remaining in a flood plain. Architectural elements of the former bridge were incorporated into the replacement bridge.

Facts

Overview: Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Penns Creek on Mill Road (SR 1014)
Location: Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Started Ja. 1919, opened Sept. 1919 at cost of $32,895; replaced 1994 and demolished
Builders: - G.A. Flink (Engineer)
- Whittaker & Diehl, Harrisburg, Pa.
Design: Double-span, concrete barrel arched structure, aligned perpendicular to the creek. 82' closed-spandrel arches.
Dimensions: Total length: 168.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Also called: Penns Creek Bridge
Mill Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.82528, -76.87250 (decimal degrees)
40°49'31" N, 76°52'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/342100/4521048 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Sunbury
Inventory number: BH 47417 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

March 5, 2020: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
January 5, 2017: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Concrete Asterisk Railing"
March 7, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
April 11, 2011: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Change of name and additional information added
December 27, 2010: Added by Jodi Christman

Sources

Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
Alexander D. Mitchell IV
LOC HAER record - HAER data/history pages in PDF