MOUNT CARBON – The expert hired to restore the Mount Carbon bowstring iron truss bridge says the 128-year-old span is a real historical gem. “On a preservation scale, it’s a nine or 10,” Doug Lockhart ...
May 23—SAINT CLAIR — It was as if it were 1894 all over again. Iron workers in overalls drove red-hot rivets into an iron beam of a historic bowstring iron truss bridge Tuesday morning, the same way ...
SAINT CLAIR – With the snip of a red ribbon Tuesday morning, PennDOT District 5 executive Christopher Kufro helped breathe new life into a former Mount Carbon bridge during a ceremony in Coal Creek ...
MOUNT CARBON – Work continues to preserve a piece of history. A bowstring truss bridge, built in 1894 and believed to be among the last of its kind in Pennsylvania, will be disassembled and removed ...
The 143-year-old wrought iron bowstring arch-truss structure, which connects Ridout and Blackfriars streets, is Ontario’s oldest working crossing. The 221-ft. ½-in. long bridge deck carries vehicles, ...
ST CLAIR, Pa. — PennDOT hosted a ribbon cutting at the renovated bowstring truss bridge Tuesday morning. The bridge was built in 1894 and originally crossed over the Schuylkill River. Two years ago, ...
Blacksburg, Va. – An unusual bowstring truss iron bridge that carried traffic across Roaring Run in Bedford County, Va. for almost 100 years is now a picturesque footbridge at the I-81 Ironto, Va.
CONWAY — It’s been a long time coming, but the 143-year-old Springfield-Des Arc Bridge is back in business. Once located on the north branch of Cadron Creek connecting Faulkner and Conway counties, ...