Frehn Bridge

Frehn Bridge

1990 HABS/HAER photo
Location Township Route 313, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Pennsylvania Route 475, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°8′0″N 77°59′29″W / 40.13333°N 77.99139°W / 40.13333; -77.99139Coordinates: 40°8′0″N 77°59′29″W / 40.13333°N 77.99139°W / 40.13333; -77.99139
Area less than one acre
Built 1890
Architectural style Other, Pratt through truss bridge
MPS Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS
NRHP Reference # 90000391[1]
Added to NRHP March 20, 1990

Frehn Bridge, also known as Huntingdon County Bridge No. 1, was a historic Pratt truss bridge spanning Sideling Hill Creek and located at Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1890, and measured 120-foot-long (37 m) in length and had a 13.75-foot-wide (4.19 m) timber deck.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

The bridge has been demolished and replaced with a modern structure.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frehn Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  3. ↑ Photo from the NRHP nomination, Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission, undated, retrieved 2015-08-21
  4. ↑ "Huntingdon County Bridge Office". Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

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