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Bridge Documented: August 2007

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth and Rick McOmber

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Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date and Builder/Engineer
Buffenmeyer Road Bridge
Buffenmeyer Road Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Rural: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed 1906 By Builder/Contractor: American Bridge Company of New York, New York
Technical Facts
Rehabilitation Date Main Span Length Structure Length Roadway Width Main Spans NBI Number
1994 93 Feet (28.3 Meters) 93 Feet (28.3 Meters) 18 Feet (5.5 Meters) 1 647217069983170

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This bridge is designed with the peculiar affinity for designing a bridge with a "flat" appearance that accompanies a number of surviving highway-over-railroad bridges. This is due to the use of large plates and angles to form the truss web, rather than box beams.

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