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Overview

Photos taken June 2007 by Kent Findley
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Deck view

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Oblique view

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Plaque

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Portal beam

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Portal

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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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
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)

Update Log 

  • September 27, 2007: Posted photos from Kent Findley

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
Posted October 3, 2007, by JO (joakabridgefreak [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is really a neat bridge and very aesthetic!! It is good that it was preserved and not demolished!! Great pic!!