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Historic Bridges: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

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: 9

Belleville Railroad Bridge
Sugar River Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Badger State Trail) Over Sugar River in Belleville: Dane County, Wisconsin, United States

Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 150 ft. Main Span: 150 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1887 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

This is an older surviving pin-connected railroad truss built by a notable bridge company, and with a distinctive portal bracing.

Clairemont Avenue Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Chippewa River State Rail-Trail) Over Chippewa River in Eau Claire: Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States

Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 670 ft. Main Span: 145 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1886 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

This bridge has four truss spans of varying details, including a rare pin-connected Warren truss span!

Easton and Northern Railroad Lehigh River Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Abandoned Lehigh Valley Railway) Over Lehigh River, Lehigh Canal, and Various Railroad and Roads in Easton: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal Pin-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,121 ft. Main Span: 215 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1899 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York and F. E. Schall

This is an uncommon and impressive pin-connected railroad deck truss that is also noted for its curve and skewed spans.

Keating Summit Bridge
Bush Hill Road Bridge
HSR

Bush Hill Road (TR-305) Over Railroad (Western New York and Pennsylvania) in Keating Summit: Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 84 ft. Main Span: 82 ft. Roadway: 11.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1891 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

This very early rivet connected truss built by an important bridge builder was one of the most significant historic bridges in the region.

Lackawaxen Railroad Bridge
Bridge 110.54
HSR

Railroad (Norfolk Southern and Central New York, Former Erie Railroad, ) Over Lackawaxen River, Masthope Plank Road, and Scenic Drive in Lackawaxen: Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States

Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 591 ft. Main Span: 133 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1894 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

This bridge is a great example of how railroads would alter bridges (both long ago and more recently) to accommodate increasing loads and increased deterioration.

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Merchants Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis) Over Mississippi River in St. Louis and Venice: St. Louis City, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois, United States

Metal 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 4,340 ft. Main Span: 518 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1890 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York and George Shattuck Morison

Despite national significance as the design work of famous engineer George Morison and extremely long truss span length, this bridge was sentenced to scrapping.

Northampton Street Bridge
HSR

Northampton Street Over Delaware River in Easton and Phillipsburg: Northampton County, Pennsylvania and Warren County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Cantilever 12 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 560 ft. Main Span: 300 ft. Roadway: 32.2 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1896 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York and James Madison Porter III

One of the most unusual, rarest, and beautiful bridges in the entire region.

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Saugatuck River Bridge
William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge
HSR

CT-136 (Bridge Street) Over Saugatuck River in Westport: Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Metal Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 287 ft. Main Span: 144 ft. Roadway: 19.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1884 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

Although steel stringers today carry the load of traffic, this bridge retains its extremely early surviving highway swing truss superstructure.

Walkway over the Hudson
Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge
HSR

Railroad (Walkway over the Hudson, Hudson Valley Rail-Trail) Over Hudson River and Various Streets and Railroads in Poughkeepsie and Highland: Dutchess County, New York and Ulster County, New York, United States

Metal Cantilever 18 Panel Pin-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Pin-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 6,767 ft. Main Span: 548 ft. Roadway: 35 ft. Main Spans: 7

Built 1888 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York

This massive and ancient cantilever truss bridge is one of the most important historic bridges in the country, and has been beautifully converted for pedestrian use.

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