Lilly Bridge

Lilly Bridge

Lilly Bridge, Summer 1997
Location PA 53 over Burgoon Run, Lilly, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°25′26″N 78°37′8″W / 40.42389°N 78.61889°W / 40.42389; -78.61889Coordinates: 40°25′26″N 78°37′8″W / 40.42389°N 78.61889°W / 40.42389; -78.61889
Area less than one acre
Built 1832
Architectural style Other, Single span stone arch
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000785[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Lilly Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located at Lilly in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Allegheny Portage Railroad in 1832, and is an 18-foot-long (5.5 m) bridge, with an elliptical shape and curved wingalls. It is built of roughly squared ashlar and crosses Burgoon Run.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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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 J. Dain Davis (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Portage Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.

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