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| Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Construction Date and Builder/Engineer | |
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Links Bridge
| Hookstown Grade Road Over Raccoon Creek | Rural: Beaver County, Pennsylvania | Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed | 1939 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown |
| Technical Facts |
| Main Span Length | Structure Length | Roadway Width | Main Spans | NBI Number |
| 134 Feet (40.8 Meters) | 138 Feet (42 Meters) | 18 Feet (5.5 Meters) | 1 | 47209031940360 |
Yet another historic truss bridge in Pennsylvania that was sentenced to the dumpster. This structure was a seven panel bridge that was seated on concrete abutments. It featured an a-frame portal bracing. There was v-lacing on the verticals, the sway bracing, and under the top chord and end post. The member that ran from the end post to the hip vertical / bottom chord connection was also v-laced. Diagonals and the hip vertical featured battens. Although not the rarest or oldest of Pennsylvania's bridge, this nation's truss bridge population has declined to the point that all pre-1960 metal truss bridges should be considered historic at the outset to ensure that communities everywhere can preserve and retain a historic truss bridge in their area. This bridge could have and should have been preserved.
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