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Lower Steeltown Covered Bridge 38-05-34x

Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Lower Steeltown Covered Bridge

Photo from the Todd Clark Collection

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BH Photo #532608

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Description 

Some of this information from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Yellow Creek on Price's Hill Road (T-531)
Location
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1872; Removed and Replaced in 1954
Design
Burr arch-truss
10 panel truss
Dimensions
Total length: 90.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.12859, -78.32441   (decimal degrees)
40°07'43" N, 78°19'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/727972/4445462 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98395 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,625)
Bedford County, Pennsylvania (96)
Built 1872 (141)
Built during 1870s (1,500)
Burr arch-truss (928)
Covered (3,339)
Have street view (30,394)
Lost (31,786)
 Lost 1954 (115)
Lost during 1950s (1,112)
Pennsylvania (6,758)
Replaced by new bridge (21,679)
Through truss (19,024)
Total length 75-100 feet (7,070)
Truss (38,302)

Update Log 

  • June 6, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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