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ELEVATION, PLAN, TYPICAL SECTIONS THROUGH DECK, MEMBER CONSTRUCTION, Sheet 5 of 6 - Smithton Bridge, Spanning Youghiogheny River on State Road 981, Smithton, Westmoreland County, PA
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ELEVATION, PLAN, TYPICAL SECTIONS THROUGH DECK, MEMBER CONSTRUCTION, Sheet 5 of 6 - Smithton Bridge, Spanning Youghiogheny River on State Road 981, Smithton, Westmoreland County, PA
Description
Pittsburgh Bridge Company; South Huntingdon and Rostraver Townships Department of Roads and Bridges; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Nelson and Buchanon; Yearby, Jean P, transmitter; Johnson, Leight, photographer; Shelley, Robert C, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Westmoreland County; Smithton
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER PA,65-SMIT,1-23
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Smithton Bridge is the oldest remaining cantilever truss highway bridge in Pennsylvania. It is a typical example of the suspended span cantilever truss that was being built in the United States about 1885. The bridge is one of 144 Pennsylvania highway bridges nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Survey number: HAER PA-97
  • Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1964 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1733.photos.142005p
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Object location40° 09′ 14″ N, 79° 44′ 29″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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