Bridge in Portage Township is a historic stone arch bridge located at Portage Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Allegheny Portage Railroad in 1832, and is an 18-foot-long (5.5 m) bridge, with a semi-circular arch. It is built of coursed ashlar and crosses Bens Creek.[2]
Bridge in Portage Township | |
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| Location | Pennsylvania Route 53 over Bens Creek, Portage Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°24′8″N 78°38′24″W / 40.40222°N 78.64000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1832 |
| Architect | Allegheny Portage Railroad |
| Architectural style | Circular arch |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000782[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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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 2011-12-08. Note: This includes J. Dain Davis (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Portage Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bens Creek Bridge.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-453, "Allegheny Portage Railroad, Bens Creek Culvert, Spanning Bens Creek at State Route 53, Cassandra, Cambria County, PA", 5 photos, 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page