Bridge in Snake Spring Township
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Bridge in Snake Spring Township is a historic masonry arch bridge
located at Snake Spring Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
. It was built in 1934, and is a 580 feet (176.8 m), open spandrel concrete
arch bridge with five arches. The roadway is skewed and spans the Raystown Branch Juniata River
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1988.
Arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side...
located at Snake Spring Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
. It was built in 1934, and is a 580 feet (176.8 m), open spandrel concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
arch bridge with five arches. The roadway is skewed and spans the Raystown Branch Juniata River
Raystown Branch Juniata River
The Raystown Branch Juniata River is the largest and longest tributary of the Juniata River in south-central Pennsylvania in the United States....
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1988.
External links
- Narrows Bridge, Spanning Raystown Branch of Juniata River at Lincoln Hwighway (U.S. Route 30), Bedford vicinity, Bedford, PA: 7 photos, 8 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey