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Bridge Name	Facility Carried / Feature Intersected	Location	Structure Type	Construction Date / Builder or Contractor	Description
Bender Bridge	Bender Bridge Road Over Elk Lick Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1885 By: Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania	A small, but noteworthy bridge in a potential rural historic district.
Brady Bridge Yonai Road Bridge	Yonai Road Over Stony Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Stationary	1905 By: Unknown	A complete example of an early 20th Century pony truss.
Broadway Street Bridge	Broadway Street (PA-2004) Over Casselman River	Meyersdale: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Stringer, Stationary	1951 By: Unknown	A good example of a 1950s bridge in Pennsylvania, this bridge was rehabilitated.
Center Avenue Bridge	Center Avenue (PA-3025) Over Railroad (CSX)	Somerset: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Through Truss, Stationary	1912 By: Unknown	This bridge will likely be demolished soon despite its aesthetic value.
Center Street Bridge	Center Street (US-219) Over Flaugherty Creek	Meyersdale: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Stone Deck Arch, Stationary	1914 By: F. H. Zeigler	This historic bridge continues to carry a major road through town.
Church Street Bridge	Church Street Over Railroad (CSX)	Garrett: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Girder, Stationary	1919 By: Unknown	An excellent example of a Pennsylvaia highway plate girder with an attractive brick deck.
Cumberland Highway Bridge	Cumberland Highway (PA-160) Over Buffalo Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Stone Deck Arch, Stationary	1905 By: Unknown	Although widened in 1935, this bridge retains its original appearance and is an important historic structure.
Depot Street Bridge Beachy Street Bridge	Depot Street Over Casselman River	Salisbury: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1894 By: Horseheads Bridge Company of Horseheads, New York	Noteworthy for association with an uncommon builder, this bridge features ornate knee bracing.
Engle Bridge	Engles Mill Road Over Piney Run	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Deck Arch, Stationary	1915 By: Unknown	An extremely rare example of small-scale open-spandrel arch bridge construction.
Fleegle Bridge Lenhart Road Bridge	Lenhart Road Over Stonycreek River	Near Stoystown: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1887 By: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York	This is a beautiful and ornate bridge with unusual designs associated with its builder.
Hooversville Bridge	Railroad Street Over Stonycreek River	Hooversville: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Through Girder, Stationary	1914 By: Farris Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	This is an impressive example of an uncommon design, a concrete-encased plate girder!
Horner Bridge Tedrow Road Bridge	Tedrow Road Over Beaver Dam Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Stone Deck Arch, Stationary	1907 By: Bicchieri and Brothers	A stone arch bridge adds character to a pristine rural setting.
Housefelt Bridge Musselman Avenue Bridge	Musselman Avenue Over Coxes Creek	Somerset: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Queenpost Pony Truss, Stationary	1910 By: Unknown	An altered example of an uncommon small truss configuration.
Kiefel Bridge Green Bridge	Green Bridge Road (Quemahoning Dam Road) Over Quemahoning Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Warren Pony Truss, Stationary	1913 By: Unknown	An attractive example of a truss bridge composed of riveted angles in a beautiful setting.
Krings Bridge	Kring Street (Soap Hollow Road) Over Stonycreek River	Krings (Near Johnstown): Cambria County, Pennsylvania and Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Riveted Parker Pony Truss, Stationary	1937 By: Guy Trimpey	One of a couple uncommon multi-span pony truss bridges near Johnstown.
Maust Bridge Moser Road Bridge	Moser Road Over Casselman River	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1900 By: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York	This bridge features some of the most unusual bottom chord details ever encountered.
Mayersdale Railroad Bridge	Railroad Over Casselman River	Meyersdale: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	0 By: Unknown	This bridge features especially attractive design as well as some interesting details.
Milford Bridge	TR-486 (Private Road) Over Coxes Creek	Rural (Milford): Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Stationary	1900 By: Walker Brothers of Charleston, West Virginia	This is an extremely unusual bridge with fascinating details and a mystery plaque.
North Street Bridge	North Street Over Flaugherty Creek	Meyersdale: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1890 By: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York	Located in a historic district, this bridge clearly shows the style of its builder.
Old TR-428 Bridge	TR-428 (Abandoned Road) Over Coxes Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Pinned Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Stationary	0 By: Unknown	This bridge is severely overgrown and is hard to photograph.
Ord Street Bridge	Ord Street (PA-669) Over Casselman River	Salisbury: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Concrete T-Beam, Stationary	1922 By: Trimpey and Whipkey	An attractive and representative example of a Pennsylvania t-beam bridge, in a potential historic district.
PA-281 / US-30 Overpass	PA-281 Over US-30	Stoystown: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Concrete Rigid-Frame, Stationary	1938 By: Unknown	This bridge retains excellent historic integrity and thus is a good representation of its type.
Pilltown Bridge	Pilltown Road Over Roaring Run	Pilltown (Rural): Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Stone Deck Arch, Stationary	1908 By: Unknown	A beautiful stone arch in a rural, wooded setting.
Reading Mines Bridge	Reading Mine Road Over Beaver Dam Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Stone Deck Arch, Stationary	1914 By: Unknown	One of several attractive little stone arch bridges in the county.
Rockingham Bridge Whispering Pines Road Bridge	Whispering Pines Road Over Dark Shade Creek	Rural: Somerset County, Pennsylvania	Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Stationary	1885 By: Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio	An extremely rare example of the unusual designs that the Columbia Bridge Works employed.

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