GAP - Bollman Bridge

Photos 

View Of Bridge From South Looking Northeast

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #155552

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Iron through truss bridge formerly carrying the B&O Railroad

Location

Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Built 1871 on the B&O Railroad; relocated 1910 as a vehicular bridge

Builders

- Patapsco Bridge & Iron Works
- Wendel Bollman of Baltimore, Maryland

Design

Cast- and wrought-iron pin-connected Warren through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 78.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places

Also called

GAP - Wills Creek Bollman Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.81823, -78.99468   (decimal degrees)
39°49'06" N, 78°59'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/671632/4409506 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wittenberg

Inventory numbers

PA 55 7224 0381 6001 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 44175 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 7, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• September 29, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge was relocated in 2006 and is open to pedestriangs as part of the Great Allegheny Passage trail
• December 16, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
• February 19, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

• Bollman Bridge (Parts reused from)

Sources 

• Wikipedia
• HAER PA-373 - Wills Creek Bollman Bridge, Spanning CSX tracks at T381, Meyersdale vicinity, Somerset County, PA
• Frank Hicks
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Todd Wilson
• Luke
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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