Pennsylvania Railroad, Mount Union Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, north of Township Route 780 Bridge, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA
Summary
Significance: The bridge is significant as an example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's prolific stone arch bridge construction during the early 20th century. In addition, it elegantly breaks classical aesthetic rules by having an even number of spans.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N609
Survey number: HAER PA-529
Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Shand, Alexander C
Temple, F B
Eyre Shoemaker, Incorporated
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Mount Union, 40.38452, -77.88222
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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