Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships
Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships | |
 Southern side of the original bridge | |
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| Nearest city | Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′31″N 76°52′22″W / 40.82528°N 76.87278°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Flink, G. A.; Whittaker & Diehl |
| Architectural style | Multi-span barrel arch |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000811[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
The Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships, also known as the Penns Creek Bridge, Camelback Bridge, or Camelback, was a historic bridge located at Monroe Township and Penn Township near Selinsgrove in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was a 194-foot-long (59 m) barrel arch bridge built in 1919. It spanned Penns Creek.[2] It was removed in 1994.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
Gallery
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Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships, Historic Marker, October 2009 -
Replacement for Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships, October 2009
See also
[edit]- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Snyder County, Pennsylvania
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ unknown (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-284, "Penns Creek Bridge"
