Historic Bridge: (broken Archived Bridge Hunter; broken Bridge Hunter;
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The bridge is pin connected.
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It was built by a railroad and abandoned in 1931. It opened has a single lane road bridge in 1933 |
In the background, we are looking through the tunnel.
The ends of the tunnels are brick lined, but most of it appears to be bare rock.
The pattern left by drill and blasting is interesting.
I find it amusing that they are building a "river structure" instead of a bridge. What is so offensive about "bridge" that someone felt a need to invent a euphemism?
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Bill Ball posted
PSA: They broke ground last week and phase 1 starts next Monday [Jan 19, 2026]. It's gonna get pretty busy the next few years if you fish down this way. Jimmy Laux: I hope they leave the tunnel and old bridge add it to the bike trail somehow. Bill Ball: Jimmy Laux it's going to filled with foam and sealed at both ends. |
Once again, a demonstration that listing a structure on a historic register just increases the red tape that needs to be processed. It doesn't preserve the artifact.
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pa_projects
"Once the new bridge and roadway are complete, the old Layton Bridge will be removed and the tunnel will be closed."
[Why not make it a branch off the GAP Trail? The rock in the tunnel looked very competent, and I don't think the Coast Guard cares. I found no evidence that there is any barge traffic this far upriver.] |
Vasas Media
added seven photos with the comment: "With the construction of the new bridge starting soon, I’ve been wanting to make my way back out to Layton to photograph the old bridge and tunnel before they’re gone. Thankfully the weather was beautiful Friday morning and allowed me to capture it at sunrise. Completed in 1899, and converted for car use in ‘33, this bridge has carried countless people back and forth across the Youghiogheny. I’ve heard it even made an appearance in a movie or two. I wonder if the new bridge will also last 127 years."
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