Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Lincoln Highway (State Route 462), Columbia, Lancaster County, PA
Summary
Significance: When it was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1930, the bridge was the longest multiple-arch concrete bridge in the world. 28 three-ribbed open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches, carry the bridge across the Susquehanna between Lancaster and York counties. The span's construction was innovative because it involved the cooperative effort of two counties. Four bridges preceded this span at this historically important river crossing...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N452
Survey number: HAER PA-473
Building/structure dates: 1929- 1930 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000764
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Long, James B
Wiley, Glen
Maxon, G W
Wiley-Maxon Construction Company
McMinn Industries
Gladelter, Samuel F
Greist, W W
Lancaster-York Intercounty Bridge Commission
Blaw-Knox Company
Federal Steel Foundry Company
Hastings Pavement Company
E. T. Edwards Company
J. E. Baker Company
J. C. Budding Company
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Semmer, Blythe, historian
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Location
Wrightsville (York County, Pa.), 40.03191, -76.47473
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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