Quaker Bridge

Not to be confused with the unincorporated community of Quaker Bridge, Mercer County, New Jersey, or with the Quaker Bridge Mall, a shopping mall near the aforementioned community.
Quaker Bridge

Quaker Bridge, 1982
Location Legislative Route 43135 over the Little Shenango River near Greenville Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°25′33″N 80°22′22″W / 41.42583°N 80.37278°W / 41.42583; -80.37278Coordinates: 41°25′33″N 80°22′22″W / 41.42583°N 80.37278°W / 41.42583; -80.37278
Area less than one acre
Built 1898
Built by Gemmell, J.R., Cleveland Bridge Company
Architectural style Other, Pratt through truss
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000863[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Quaker Bridge is a historic steel Pratt truss bridge located in Hempfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1898 by the Cleveland Bridge Company, and is a 124-foot-long (38 m) bridge with a single span. It crosses Little Shenango River.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes D.W. Paskie (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Quaker Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-18.


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