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Valley Road Bridge

York County, Pennsylvania
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From the northwest

Photo taken by James Gonzalski in April 2008

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Facts 

Overview
Wrought iron pony truss bridge over Valley Road on the Stewartstown Railroad
Location
York County, Pennsylvania
Status
Intact, but out of service since 2004
History
Built 1870; relocated here in 1885
Builders
- Jacob H. Linville (Engineer)
- Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Fabricator)
Design
Wrought iron pony truss, reinforced with a steel deck plate girder
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.75525, -76.60936   (decimal degrees)
39°45'19" N, 76°36'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/362132/4401831 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Stewartstown
Inventory numbers
NRHP 95000552 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 42370 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,820)
Built 1870 (62)
Built during 1870s (544)
Closed (2,071)
HAER documented (781)
Jacob H. Linville (1)
Keystone Bridge Co. (21)
NR-listed (2,353)
 Pennsylvania (3,038)
Pin-connected (1,520)
Pony truss (13,217)
Relocated (364)
Savable (35)
Truss (23,568)
Wrought iron (225)
York County, Pennsylvania (110)

Update Log 

  • February 7, 2010: New photos from James Gonzalski
  • April 19, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER PA-205 - Stewartstown Railroad Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad, spanning Valley Road, Stewartstown, York County, PA
  • James Gonzalski
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Valley Road Bridge
Posted November 9, 2010, by Alexander D. Mitchell IV (lner4472 [at] verizon [dot] net)

The iron truss of this bridge is little more than non-functional decoration surrounding a plate girder in modern times.

The railroad has been threatened with foreclosure, with an adverse petition for abandonment filed by holders of an estate lien against the railroad property and corporation. The bridge should be considered in jeopardy and in need of a preservation campaign.