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NS - Mount Union Bridge

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Looking south

Photo taken by Jodi Christman in April 30, 2011

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BH Photo #198708

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Croghan Pike (522) and Juniata River on Norfolk Southern (former PRR)
Location
Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906 by PRR, reinforced with concrete by Conrail ca. 1980
Builders
- Alexander C. Shand (Chief Engineer)
- E.B. Temple (Assistant Engineer)
- Eyre Shoemaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Builder)
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
This bridge has six segmental arch spans, each 100' long and 58' wide. The center pier's width was increased 20' making it 8' wider than the others which balances the classic aesthetic rules by giving it an easily identifiable center.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 688.0 ft.
Deck width: 58.0 ft.
Also called
PRR - Mount Union Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.38396, -77.87340   (decimal degrees)
40°23'02" N, 77°52'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/256090/4474338 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newton Hamilton
Inventory number
BH 48732 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alexander C. Shand (1)
Arch (12,195)
Built 1906 (627)
Built during 1900s (7,267)
Conrail (1,581)
Deck arch (11,431)
E.B. Temple (3)
Eyre Shoemaker (2)
HAER documented (1,107)
Have street view (27,086)
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (68)
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (37)
 Mount Union, Pennsylvania (3)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,957)
Open (39,998)
Owned by railroad (12,515)
Penn Central Railroad (1,377)
Pennsylvania (5,334)
Pennsylvania Railroad (904)
Railroad (15,618)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,410)
Stone arch (3,084)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,880)

Update Log 

  • December 31, 2018: New photo from Jodi Christman
  • September 20, 2014: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • November 6, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added city
  • November 6, 2013: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • April 14, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added category "HAER documented"
  • May 3, 2011: Added by Jodi Christman

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NS - Mount Union Bridge
Posted November 10, 2018, by Judi Booher (judidragonfly [dot] 54 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I need to know about bridges in the vicinity of Mount Union, Pa. When the first road bridge was constructed and out of what? Have found historical discrepancies...also there was a bridge at a place called Mine Bank where iron ore was mined, what kind of bridge crossed the Juniata for that mine?

Thank You,

Judi Booher

NS - Mount Union Bridge
Posted November 10, 2018, by Judi Booher (judidragonfly [dot] 54 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I need to know about bridges in the vicinity of Mount Union, Pa. When the first road bridge was constructed and out of what? Have found historical discrepancies...

Thank You,

Judi Booher