Allenwood River Bridge

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South Elevation And View Of Environment

Photo taken by Robert C. Shelley for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #278345

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Description

Spanning the Susquehanna River at a long-established historic river crossing, the Allenwood Bridge is one of the oldest and longest spans crossing that river. Its builder, the Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company, was a nationally prominent bridge manufacturer from 1877 through 1920.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Bridge Avenue (Route 44)
Location: Union County, Pennsylvania, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1895, replaced by new bridge 1989-90
Builder: - Groton Bridge Co. of Groton, New York
Design: 11-panel pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 966.0 ft.
Skew angle: 90 degrees
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.10823, -76.89023 (decimal degrees)
41°06'30" N, 76°53'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/341285/4552493 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Allenwood
Inventory numbers: NRHP 88000865 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 60162 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

March 8, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER PA-130 - Allenwood Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Susquehanna River on State Route 44, Dewart, Northumberland County, PA
NRHP Form