Frehn Bridge, also known as Huntingdon County Bridge No. 1, was a historic Pratt truss bridge spanning Sideling Hill Creek and located at Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1890, and measured 120-foot-long (37 m) in length and had a 13.75-foot-wide (4.19 m) timber deck.[2][3]
Frehn Bridge | |
 1990 HABS/HAER photo | |
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| Location | Township Route 313, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Pennsylvania Route 475, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°8′0″N 77°59′29″W / 40.13333°N 77.99139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architectural style | Pratt through truss bridge |
| MPS | Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000391[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1990 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
The bridge has been demolished and replaced with a modern structure.[4]
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 2011-11-27. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frehn Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ Photo from the NRHP nomination, Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission, undated, retrieved 2015-08-21
- ^ "Huntingdon County Bridge Office". Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
External links
edit- HAER Engineering in Huntingdon County Archived 2015-09-14 at the Wayback Machine