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Bollman Bridge
Description
This iron Warren through truss originally served as a railroad bridge on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Pittsburgh Division. It was designed by the renowned chief engineer of the B & O, Wendell Bollman.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Bridge has been relocated (2007) to the Great Allegheny Passage Trail MM 30.25, crossing Scratch Hill Road, in Meyersdale.
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over B&O Railroad on Long Road (T381)
- Location
- Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Relocated for trail usage
- History
- Built 1871 as railroad bridge; Erected here 1910; Relocated for trail use.
- Builder
- - Wendel Bollman of Baltimore, Maryland
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Design
- Pinned Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.83019, -79.04247 (decimal degrees)
39°49'49" N, 79°02'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/667513/4410743 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Meyersdale
- Inventory number
- BH 65613 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 29, 2020: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- January 22, 2015: Updated by Luke: Bridge not lost, relocated to be part of the Great Allegheny Passage Trail
- January 22, 2015: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HAER PA-373 - Wills Creek Bollman Bridge, Spanning CSX tracks at T381, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
- Luke
Beauty!! Glad they kept that one, very significant.