General Information
| Completion: | 1890 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Lenticular bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Iron bridge |
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Function / usage: |
current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1988 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Green Point, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 40° 28' 49.02" N 76° 31' 54.57" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| span | 67.28 m | |
| deck | deck width | 4.70 m |
Materials
| truss |
wrought iron
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Chronology
| 1985 | Moved from Waterville, PA, to its present location. |
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| 1988 | Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. |
Significance
The Waterville Bridge is an example of a lenticular truss, so named because of the lens-like shape ofits curved upper and lower chords. It is representative of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company's trademark bridge type, based on the patent of William O. Douglas. This bridge also exhibits a Warren pattern of web bracing and a highly decorated portal. The process of moving the Waterville Bridge in 1985 is a notable example of how historically significant bridges can be preserved and adapted to new uses. The structure was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Historic American Engineering Record, Report No. PA-462
Participants
Current owner
Design
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20008575 - Published on:
12/03/2003 - Last updated on:
09/06/2020
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