BPRR - Mahoning Creek Trestle

Photos 

2. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF TRESTLE AND LATTICEWORK IRON BENTS LOOKING NORTHWEST

Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodville, Blairsville, Indiana County, PA Photos from Survey HAER PA-266

Photo taken for Historic American Engineering Record

View this photo at cdn.loc.gov

BH Photo #348972

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Warren deck truss bridge over Mahoning Creek on Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad

Location

Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1899

Builder

- Pencoyd Iron Works of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR)
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad (BR&P)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chessie System (B&O/C&O/WM)

Design

Warren deck truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 1,000.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.88789, -79.20778   (decimal degrees)
40°53'16" N, 79°12'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/650987/4527857 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Dayton

Inventory number

BH 71035 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 20, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• February 15, 2016: Added by Ian Martin

Sources 

• Ian Martin
• HAER PA-266 - Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodville, Blairsville, Indiana County, PA
• Geoff Hubbs

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