Wills Creek Bollman Bridge
Wills Creek Bollman Bridge | |
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Wills Creek Bollman Bridge, pictured at former location
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carries | Allegheny Highlands section of Great Allegheny Passage |
Crosses | Scratch Hill Road |
Locale | Meyersdale, Pennsylvania |
Characteristics | |
Design | truss bridge |
Total length | 81 feet (25 m) |
Width | 13 feet (4.0 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1871 |
The Wills Creek Bollman Bridge originally served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Pittsburgh Division main line.
Designed by the self-taught engineer Wendel Bollman in 1871, this truss bridge is the last remaining span of the Pittsburgh Division line associated with Bollman. Around 1910 it was moved from Wills Creek to a location 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) after it was no longer able to safely carry heavier modern locomotives. It served as a vehicular bridge crossing CSX tracks on Summit Township Road 381.[1] The bridge was again relocated in 2007 east of Meyersdale at Scratch Hill Road, Summit Township, on the Allegheny Highlands section of the Great Allegheny Passage.[2]
Though it was designed by Wendell Bollman, it does not employ his famous Bollman truss, but rather a Warren truss. It is 81 feet (25 m) long and 13 feet (4.0 m) wide. The east abutments are constructed of concrete, while the west are earthen with wood ties. This bridge has a wood deck, and ornate cast iron end pieces, lacework, and compression members. End posts and tension members are constructed of wrought iron.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1978.[3]
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- Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania
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- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- Truss bridges
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridges
- Railway bridges on the National Register of Historic Places
- Former railway bridges in the United States
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- Bridges in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania