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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
May 3—For nearly 100 years it has rested beside the Mount Carbon Arch Street bridge like a ghost keeping watch over its heir. Yet, in the near future, it will have a new life. At a recent Executive ...
ST. CLAIR, Pa. -- The Schuylkill County community is celebrating the completion of a repurposed historic bridge. On Tuesday, PennDOT and local officials came together in St. Clair Borough to cut the ...
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, ...
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, ...