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Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

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Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk grilling, and the Camelback form of truss. The plaque is representative of the highly decorative wrought iron work of the 19th century. The sidewalk grilling, however, is fairly standardized. The bridge itself, moreover, is the oldest surviving pinned through-truss of comparable types in Lycoming County. In addition, although the Camelback form is well represented in the modern American landscape, Groton bridges of this configuration may be rare. Along with the significance of its builder, age, and configuration, the Memorial Avenue Bridge is a particularly lengthy metal truss, 266 feet long. It remains at its original location.
Survey number: HAER PA-102
Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Groton Bridge & Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Yule, Jordan Associates
Wilson, Nathan D
Corbe, Christine, historian
Mohar, Lawrence, photographer
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Location

lycoming county41.23036, -77.03663
Google Map of 41.2303558, -77.03663449999999
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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