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NS - Granville Bridge

Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #135989

Map 

Description 

Original bridge built 1849, 5-span 630' Howe truss, destroyed by fire Feb. 3, 1855. Rebuilt in kind; replaced by double=track cast iron 5-span bridge 1866. Destroyed by storm 1874, rebuilt 1875 with cast iron Whipple truss deck bridge. 1875 bridge washed out June 1889, rebuilt; replaced with present stone arch bridge with four tracks 1905-06.

Info from "PRR Triumph IV" by David Messer & Charles Roberts, 2001.

Facts 

Overview
Eight-span stone arch bridge over the Juniata River on the Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905 by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Builder
- Eyre Construction Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Contractor)
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Total length: 624.0 ft.
Deck width: 56.0 ft.
Also called
Conrail - Granville Bridge
PRR - Granville Bridge
PC - Granville Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.57379, -77.58876   (decimal degrees)
40°34'26" N, 77°35'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/280873/4494666 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lewistown
Inventory number
BH 41873 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,737)
Built 1905 (829)
Built during 1900s (7,746)
Conrail (1,753)
Deck arch (11,963)
Eyre Construction Co. (4)
HAER documented (1,132)
Juniata River (18)
Lewistown, Pennsylvania (9)
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (38)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (2,155)
Open (41,209)
Owned by railroad (13,739)
Penn Central Railroad (1,574)
Pennsylvania (6,318)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,084)
Railroad (16,675)
Stone arch (3,317)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,136)

Update Log 

  • August 16, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 28, 2013: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Additional history added
  • March 25, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER PA-534 - Pennsylvania Railroad, Granville Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, 1.25 miles west of Lewistown, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA
  • Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • Geoff Hubbs

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