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Black Bridge was the historical, and still is the local's, name for the bridge. [Harold Pepperman comment on BridgeHunter] Some sources call it the Jersey Shore Bridge. I choose to go with the road that it carries because Jersey Shore is already in the title.
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HAER PA-614-18 (CT)
18. EAST ELEVATION - Pine Creek Bridge, River Road spanning Pine Creek, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA |
Significance: The Pine Creek Bridge is an outstanding example of a
lenticular through truss. The lenticular, or parabolic, truss
is a type developed during the mid-nineteenth century in
Europe, but it enjoyed its greatest popularity in forms
derived from designs by William O. Douglas and Charles
Jarvis, engineers associated with the Berlin Iron Bridge
Company. This company was the main producer ofthis
unusual truss form, which was erected in many rural and
urban settings throughout the United States between 1878
and 1900. The Pine Creek Bridge is one ofthe longest
single span bridges (288' [88m]) remaining in a group of about
fifty surviving lenticulars. Its Warren pattern web bracing
was typical for such long lenticulars as were the highly
decorated portals for such through truss bridges. The Pine
Creek Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988. [HAER_data]
It is obviously a pin-connected truss.
"This bridge was rehabilitated 2008-2011 extensively to continue to carry vehicular traffic at a high weight limit" [HistoricBridges]
I got an historic barrel shot to compare with the above shot of the rebuilt bridge because HistoricBridges complains about the changes that were made to the edge bracing.
PADOT found that the deterioration was much worse than they thought after they had disassembled the bridge. [Anonymous comment on BridgeHunter]
So, I'm just glad that they decided to rebuild a pin-connected Lenticular bridge complete with ornamentation.
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HAER PA-614-2
2. SW PORTAL ELEVATION. |
John Grubb II
posted eight photos with the comment: "Bridge in Porter Township …Lycoming County Pennsylvania."
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