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Bridge in Snake Spring Township 
Summary
Bridge in Snake Spring Township, also known as the Narrows Bridge, is a historic concrete arch bridge located at The Narrows in Snake Spring Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1934, and is a 580-foot-long (180 m), open spandrel concrete arch bridge with five arches. The roadway is skewed and carries US 30, the Lincoln Highway, over the Raystown Branch Juniata River.[2]
Bridge in Snake Spring Township | |
 Bridge in Snake Spring Township, 1982 | |
  Location in Pennsylvania  Location in United States | |
| Location |  US 30 (Lincoln Highway)
over Raystown Branch Juniata River, Snake Spring Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°0′52″N 78°28′19″W / 40.01444°N 78.47194°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1934 |
| Built by | Pittsburg Construction Co. |
| Architectural style | Skewed open-spandrel arch |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000793[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-21. Note: This includes J. Dain Davis (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Snake Spring Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
External links edit
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-449, "Narrows Bridge, Spanning Raystown Branch of Juniata River at Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), Bedford vicinity, Bedford County, PA", 7 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page