CSX/B&O Bridge over Wills Creek in Hyndman, PA

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; HAER; Satellite)

Street View, May 2021

The 1916 bridge must have replaced these two spans.

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
Double Railroad Bridges for the B & O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad in the town of Hyndman, Bedford County in the early 1900's.
Jackson-Township historical preservation posted via Dennis DeBruler
Double Railroad Bridges for the B & O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad in the town of Hyndman, Bedford County in the early 1900's.
Paul Manges: These two spans were replaced by a single two track span in 1910 which is still standing. [Bridge Hunter dates the replacement as 1916.]
Scotty Fahnestock shared

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GENERAL VIEW OF PORTAL - North Hyndman Bridge, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad spanning Wills Creek, Hyndman, Bedford County, PA

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DETAIL OF NAMEPLATE; IT READS: "BUILT BY KING BRIDGE COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O., 1916"

"Significance: This bridge was built by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the nation1 s leading nineteenth-century bridge manfaucturing concerns. King Bridge was one of the few large bridge building companies to survive the merger movement of 1900-01 when the giant American Bridge Company, a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation, was formed. The B&O's bridge at Wills Creek is likely one of the last King Bridge Company spans erected in Pennsylvania." [HAER_data]

1944/44 Hyndman Quad @ 62,500

Hyndman was at the base of Sand Patch Grade over the Allegheny Mountains. The small yard on the south side of town was for helper engines. The topo map is wrong because there was a ladder at both ends of that yard.

Bill Rettberg Jr. posted via Dennis DeBruler
Good overview of Q tower and the helper station in the background, at Hyndman Pa. Eastbound is just coming off of Sand Patch grade.

James Anders posted via Dennis DeBruler, cropped