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Historic Bridges: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.


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Total Bridges Found: 37

4th Avenue Bridge
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4th Avenue (Repurposed As Walkway) Over Railroad (Abandoned BNSF) in Minneapolis: Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren (No Verticals) Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 48 ft. Main Span: 46 ft. Roadway: 37 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1891 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This unusual and significant historic pony truss bridge was left in place despite a complete redevelopment around it.
Ashtabula Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Conrail) Over Ashtabula River in Ashtabula: Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States
Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Bascule (Heel Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Main Span: 159 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1911 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois
This is an extremely early example of a Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridge.
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Black Bridge
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Railroad (Maine Central) and Bridge Street Over Androscoggin River in Brunswick and Topsham: Cumberland County, Maine, United States
Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Modified Warren (Subdivided) Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 318 ft. Roadway: 12.5 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1909 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This unique railroad bridge has a second deck suspended under it for highway traffic.
Black Oak Road Bridge
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Private Drive (Black Oak Road) Over North Branch Potomac River in Rural: Allegany County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia, United States
Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 234 ft. Main Span: 128 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This bridge was originally built for the Western Maryland Railway, but the road and bridge later was turned into a private drive for motor vehicles.
Brandywine Valley Viaduct
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Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over East Branch Brandywine Creek, US-322, Bradford Avenue, and Old Trolley Road in Downingtown: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 1,451 ft. Main Span: 201 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1904 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This very long viaduct is mostly deck plate girders, but has two truss spans, one rivet-connected and one pin-connected.
Broadway Bridge
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Broadway Over Willamette River and Various Streets and Railroad in Portland: Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rall) and Approach Spans: Metal 11 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 1,742 ft. Main Span: 278 ft. Roadway: 45.6 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1913 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Ralph Modjeski
This iconic bridge is the largest example of the rare Rall type of bascule bridge ever built.
Canal Street Railroad Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge 458
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Railroad (Amtrak, Metra Heritage Corridor, and Metra SouthWest Service) Over South Branch Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive)
Length: 388 ft. Main Span: 273 ft. Roadway: 19.5 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1915 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Waddell and Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri
The heaviest vertical lift span when built, with 195 foot high towers, this is the only vertical lift near downtown Chicago.
Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Railroad (Rail-Trail, Hank Aaron State Trail) (Former Union Pacific) in Milwaukee: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 175 ft. Main Span: 175 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1910 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
An impressive truss railroad overpass, which has been bypassed by a modern bridge.
Cleves Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Central Railroad of Indiana) Over Great Miami River in Cleves: Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Main Spans: 6
Built 1913 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
A very long six span railroad truss bridge is quite an impressive sight.
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Clinton Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Mississippi River (West Channel) in Clinton and Fulton: Clinton County, Iowa and Whiteside County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 855 ft. Main Span: 460 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1909 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This swing bridge is noted for its span length as well as its variety of approach spans.
Compton Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Dry Run in Compton: Page County, Virginia, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 1,150 ft.
Built 1918 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This is one of a couple high level railroad bridges in this area.
Falls of the Ohio Bridge
14th Street Bridge
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Railroad (Conrail) Over Ohio River and Riverside Drive in Louisville and Jeffersonville: Jefferson County, Kentucky and Clark County, Indiana, United States
Metal 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive)
Length: 5,218 ft. Main Span: 644 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1919 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Waddell and Son of Kansas City, Missouri
This bridge includes a truss span that was the longest simple rivet-connected truss span in the world when completed.
Grand Ledge Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) Over Grand River in Grand Ledge: Eaton County, Michigan, United States
Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 466 ft. Main Span: 120 ft. Roadway: 10 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1904 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
One of the most impressive deck trusses in Michigan, this bridge spans the unusual sandstone cliffs that grace the edge of the river in this area.
Harahan Bridge
Big River Crossing
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Railroad (Union Pacific) and Big River Crossing Over Mississippi River in Memphis: Shelby County, Tennessee and Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States
Metal Cantilever 26 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Inverted Bowstring Deck Truss, Fixed
Length: 4,973 ft. Main Span: 790 ft. Main Spans: 4
Built 1916 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Ralph Modjeski
This nationally significant bridge is unique for its location next to two other bridges and for its former highway deck converted for pedestrian use.
Hawthorne Bridge
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Hawthorne Avenue Over Willamette River in Portland: Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Metal 11 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 11 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 1,383 ft. Main Span: 251 ft. Roadway: 43.6 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1910 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Waddell and Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri
This attractive vertical lift bridge is noted as a very early surviving example of its type.
Interstate Bridge (Approach Span)
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Pedestrian Walkway Over St. Louis River in Duluth: St. Louis County, Minnesota and Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States
Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 845 ft. Main Span: 325 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1897 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Alfred P. Boller of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Originally a large swing bridge over the river, today only one of the fixed approach truss spans remain today.
Junction Avenue Railroad Bridges
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Railroad (Norfolk Southern and Canadian National) Over Junction Avenue in Detroit: Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Metal Through Girder, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder,
Length: 87 ft. Main Span: 61 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1907 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
Original a unique group of five different plate girder overpasses crossing the road at different angles, now this slightly less unique group of bridges includes one modern, non-historic overpass.
Kansas River Railroad Bridge
Chicago Great Western Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Kansas River (Kaw River) in Kansas City: Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States
Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 955 ft. Main Span: 200 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1903 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This impressive multi-span through truss bridge has one more truss span that it had when originally constructed.
McKinley Bridge
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Salisbury Street Over Mississippi River in St. Louis and Venice: St. Louis City, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois, United States
Metal 18 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 5,734 ft. Main Span: 518 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1910 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Ralph Modjeski
This massive truss bridge is an early surviving example of work by a master engineer and also is noted for the length of its simple truss spans.
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North Washington Street Bridge
Charlestown Bridge
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North Washington Street Over Charles River in Boston: Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Metal Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 1,089 ft. Main Span: 241 ft. Roadway: 66 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1900 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This beautiful, yet unusual bridge is a very large swing bridge features four truss lines and vertical endposts.
Overall Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Overall Run in Rural: Warren County, Virginia and Page County, Virginia, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 545 ft. Main Span: 70 ft.
Built 1919 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This is one of a couple high level railroad bridges in this area.
Phoenixville Pike Bridge
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Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad) Over Phoenixville Pike in Rural: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Metal Through Girder, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1903 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This is an unaltered representative example of a plate girder overpass on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Port Clinton Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Norfolk Southern and Amtrak) Over Portage River in Port Clinton: Ottawa County, Ohio, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Heel Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Main Span: 118 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1915 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois
This unusual four track bascule bridge, the first of its kind, has plate girders that assist the truss.
Queensboro Bridge
59th Street Bridge, Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, Blackwell's Island Bridge
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59th Street (NY-25) Over East River and Various Roads in New York: Manhattan, New York and Queens, New York, United States
Metal Cantilever 40 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss,
Length: 7,449 ft. Main Span: 1,182 ft. Roadway: 51 ft. Main Spans: 5
Built 1909 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Gustav Lindenthal, Leffert L. Buck, and Other Engineers
Breaking American records when built, this is a famous double-deck cantilever through truss noted for its massive design, ornamental details, and unusual cantilever arrangement.
Schilling Road Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Schilling Road and Railroad (Wisconsin and Southern) in Rural: Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 176 ft. Main Span: 146 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1911 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This lattice through truss is an unexpected type of bridge to find in the middle of a farm.
Trinity River UP Railroad Bridge
Great Trinity Forest Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Trinity River in Dallas: Dallas County, Texas, United States
Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 325 ft. Main Span: 200 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1904 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This is an impressive, traditional pin-connected Parker through truss railroad bridge which retains good historic integrity.
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Ulster Bridge
Ulster - Sheshequin Bridge
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Bridge Street (PA-1022) Over Susquehanna River (North Branch) in Ulster: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Metal 13 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 2,011 ft. Main Span: 237 ft. Roadway: 19.3 ft. Main Spans: 4
Built 1904 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
A truly unique bridge with no equal, this spectacular bridge featured four Parker truss spans, plus what may be one of the longest multi-span pony trusses as an approach.
Washington Avenue Bridge
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Washington Avenue Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern), Waverly Street, and Busway in Swissvale: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Metal Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 122 ft. Main Span: 90 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1907 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This plate girder bridge is noted for the unique holes in the web, which are riveted and appear to be original.
Wauwatosa Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Union Pacific) Over Railroad (Canadian Pacific), Underwood Creek, and Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder,
Length: 490 ft. Main Span: 175 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1910 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This heavy truss span carries one railroad over another railroad plus other features in a viaduct-like fashion.
Wauwatosa Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Canadian Pacific) Over Menomonee River in Wauwatosa: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 105 ft. Main Span: 105 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This is an uncommon example of a pony truss railroad bridge with three truss lines.
West Avenue Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (Rochester and Southern) Over Railroad (CSX and Amtrak) and West Avenue in Rochester: Monroe County, New York, United States
Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 165 ft. Main Span: 165 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1909 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This railroad over railroad overpass with its classic Baltimore truss configuration also crosses a small street.
West Brownsville Junction Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Monongahela River in Rural: Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
Metal 16 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 800 ft. Main Span: 401 ft. Roadway: 25 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1912 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This railroad bridge is noted for the length of its main span, which makes for a very impressive truss of which few remain on this river.
Westport Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Amtrak Northeast Corridor and Metro North) Over Saugatuck River in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 459 ft. Main Span: 98 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois
This railroad bridge contains a small plate girder bascule span that is among the oldest surviving Scherzer rolling lift bascules in the country.
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
Lower Arch Bridge
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Whirlpool Bridge Over Niagara River in Niagara Falls: Niagara Region, Ontario and Niagara County, New York, Canada and United States
Metal 16 Panel Two-Hinged Solid Ribbed Spandrel Braced Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 790 ft. Main Span: 550 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1897 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Leffert L. Buck
A nationally significant monumental late 1800s deck arch bridge compliments the river valley quite well.
Whitewater River Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Central Railroad of Indiana) Over Whitewater River in Rural: Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Main Spans: 3
Built 1913 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
A good example of early 20th century railroad truss bridge construction, this is a three span bridge.
Whitford High Line Bridge
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Railroad (Abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad) Over Railroad (Amtrak) and Whitford Road in Exton: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Metal 11 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed
Main Span: 375 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania
This impressive bridge is a beautiful pin-connected Parker truss of substantial span length.
Zug Island Road Bridge
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Zug Island Road and Railroad (Norfolk Southern and Delray Connecting) Over River Rouge in Detroit: Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift)
Length: 175 ft. Main Span: 140 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1914 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois
This bascule bridge features a combined highway and railroad deck, and is the main vehicular access to Zug Island.

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