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Overview Photos taken June 2007 by Kent Findley |
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Facts
- Overview
- Lenticular through truss bridge over Swatara Creek on the Appalachian Trail in Fort Indiantown Gap
- Location
- Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1890 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; relocated 1985
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular through truss
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1988
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.48028, -76.53158 (decimal degrees)
40°28'49" N, 76°31'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/370182/4482192 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Indiantown Gap
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 88002171 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36037 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER PA-462 - Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved from Little Pine Creek at State Route 44, Waterville, Lycoming County), Green Point vicinity, Lebanon County, PA
- Kent Findley - kent [dot] findley [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Waterville Bridge
Many thanks to Kent Findley for posting the fine photographs. They certainly don't make bridges like this anymore. The detail work is incredible. I look forward to walking across this historic bridge when I hike that section of the Appalachian Trail.
Waterville Bridge
Many thanks to Kent Findley for posting the fine photographs. They certainly don't make bridges like this anymore. The detail work is incredible. I look forward to walking across this historic bridge when I hike that section of the Appalachian Trail.
Waterville Bridge
This is really a neat bridge and very aesthetic!! It is good that it was preserved and not demolished!! Great pic!!