Dauphin County Bridge No. 27 | |
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| Location | Deibler's Dam Road (Mahantango Creek Road) across Mahantango Creek, Mifflin Township and Lower Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°37′33″N 76°51′21″W / 40.625833°N 76.855748°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Built by | Chambersburg Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | Metal Truss Bridge |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000720 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 1993 |
Dauphin County Bridge No. 27, also known as Seaman Bridge, is a historic iron truss bridge spanning Mahantango Creek at Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It has a single span, 162.5-foot-long (49.5 m). The bridge was constructed in 1896, by the Chambersburg Bridge Company, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in 1978. After petitions from local residents, it was reopened, but closed again to vehicular traffic in 1983 and to pedestrian traffic in 1992 due to deterioration. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
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Replacement bridge
References
- ^ a b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-12-29. Note: This includes Cathy Ann Weaver (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dauphin County Bridge No. 27" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-13.
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1896
- Bridges in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Iron bridges in the United States
- Truss bridges in the United States