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Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad
The Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is an historic, American railroad bridge that is located in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad | |
Valley Road Bridge, Summer 1991 | |
| Location | Stewartstown Railroad tracks over Valley Road, west of Stewartstown, Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′19″N 76°36′34″W / 39.75528°N 76.60944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1870, Rebuilt 1920 |
| Architect | Keystone Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | Pratt Truss |
| MPS | Railroad Resources of York County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000552[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1995 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
History and architectural features edit
Built for the Northern Central Railroad in 1870, this 190-foot-long bridge was disassembled and reassembled on the Stewartstown Railroad in 1885. A girder structure was added in 1920, and the original bridge structure was removed, although the original 1870 trusses are still in place. The bridge is still in active use, and services the Stewartstown Railroad passenger excursions.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Thomas N. Shaffer (June 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ridge Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
External links edit
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-205, "Stewartstown Railroad Bridge", 14 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 measured drawings, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages