File:Detail of decorative panel of parapet wall of bridge over little Pine Creek (S.R. 1026, section 002 bridge), looking south - Bridge over Little Pine Creek, State Route 1026 over HAER PA,19-JONT.V,1-7.tif

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Andrzejewski, Anna Vermer
Title
Detail of decorative panel of parapet wall of bridge over little Pine Creek (S.R. 1026, section 002 bridge), looking south - Bridge over Little Pine Creek, State Route 1026 over Little Pine Creek, 2.01 kilometers (1.25 miles) East of Bendertown, Jonestown, Columbia County, PA
Description
Elder, John L; Columbia County Commissioners; Flink, G A; Fleckenstine, G S; Lenhart, O Fred; Pennsylvania Department of Highways; Cultural Heritage Research Services, Incorporated, contractor; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Andrzejewski, Anna Vemer, photographer; Rachleff, Allison, photographer; Daughtrey, Mary, historian; Andrzejewski, Anna Vermer, historian; Rachleff, Allison, historian
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Columbia County; Jonestown
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,19-JONT.V,1-7
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge, noteworthy for its modern method of construction, and unusual shape and design. The two ribs of the arch and the two small posts that transfer the weight of the deck to the ribs are very slender appearing to test the limits of building in this medium. Also significant is the elegant elliptical shape of the arch and the decorative concrete parapet, with a light, star-shaped design, rather decorative for a bridge of such a small size, and unique among concrete bridges of a similar dated in Pennsylvania...
  • Survey number: HAER PA-435
  • Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 88000738.

Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3550.photos.360869p
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Object location41° 07′ 45.01″ N, 76° 18′ 15.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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