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Petroleum Bridge (1923)
Facts
- Overview
- Warren pony truss bridge over Conrail & Allegheny River on Sr 0062, Petroleum St
- Location
- Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1923
- Design
- Warren pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 357.0 ft.
Total length: 705.1 ft.
Deck width: 28.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.43167, -79.71333 (decimal degrees)
41°25'54" N, 79°42'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/607502/4587476 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory numbers
- PA 60 0062 0470 0450 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 93429 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- Petroleum Street Suspension Bridge (Predecessor)
- Petroleum Bridge (1995) (Successor)
Comments
Petroleum Bridge (1923)
Per, "He was unable to make arrangements to run the street cars across either the Petroleum Street Bridge or the Petroleum Bridge (now Veterans Bridge) two blocks away at State Street.".
A convoluted and confusing naming scheme if I've ever heard one.
Petroleum Bridge (1923)
Is this the correct bridge? The postcard on this page appears to show the old State Street Bridge, which was a six-span Whipple truss according to this rather nifty photograph: https://oilcitypa.net/wp-content/uploads/BridgesViewBowen-1-...
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Wow, that is confusing....however, my point was that, to my understanding, the postcard photo on this page and the NBI information do not seem to match up. The postcard is of the Petroleum (old State Street) bridge and shows a Whipple truss, definitely not a 1923 bridge. The NBI info seems to belong with the old two-span truss Petroleum Street Bridge instead.