PA588 Connoquenessing Creek Bridge

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Harmony Line - Wilson's Bridge

1908 view

Photo from old postcard

BH Photo #501061

Overview: Lost Warren through truss bridge over Connoquenessing Creek and BR&P RR on PA 588 (Formerly Harmony Line)
Location: Zelienople, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1908; Converted to road 1938; Replaced 1974
Railroads: - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad (BR&P)
- Interurban
- Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler, & New Castle Railway (PHB&NC)
Design: Warren through truss
Also called: Harmony Line - Wilson's Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.79490, -80.16300 (decimal degrees)
40°47'42" N, 80°09'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/570610/4516326 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 93554 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

July 5, 2021: Updated by Luke: Confirmed bridge was Harmony Line, not BRP; Confirmed conversion to road after 1938
July 4, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Geoff Hubbs
Luke
Zelienople - Tom Nesbitt, Zelienople Historical Society - Google Books - In 1800, Butler County had just been created and was nothing but forest, streams, and Indian trails. Dettmar Basse purchased 10,000 acres in this wilderness, where he hoped to create a barony similar to the ones he had known in Germany. In 1802, he s

BR&P - Wilson's Bridge

Posted July 5, 2021, by Luke

I don't know who changed it, but had they consulted HistoricAerials for maps, they'd have seen that it is the Harmony Line's bridge.

It also appears that the bridge, or at least the ROW, was converted into a state highway.

BR&P - Wilson's Bridge

Posted July 5, 2021, by Geoff Hubbs (geoffrey [dot] hubbs [at] att [dot] net)

I don't believe this is a BR&P Bridge, tho it crossed it. Should be changed back to Harmony Line/PHB&NC.