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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
| Factory Street Bridge | Truss | Woolen Mills Road (Factory Street) | Venango County, PA | Cooperstown | Lake Creek |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Rehabilitation Date |
Structure Length | Deck Width | Builder |
| 1889 | 1902 | 73 Feet | 16 Feet | Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio |
Over Lake Creek On Outside of Cooperstown, the road this bridge is on is known as Woolen Mills Road.
Although it appeared to be gone, or I didn't see it, the fragment of a builder plaque remained when Daniel Alward of the Disappearing Bridges website visited the bridge. The plaque is clearly the remains of a Massillon Bridge Company plaque, which allows the builder of this structure to be identified.
The bridge is a five panel half-hip Pratt pony truss, and featured pinned connections. The deck is wooden. There is v-lacing present on the vertical members.
Information and Findings From Pennsylvania's Historic Bridge InventoryDiscussion of Bridge The 1889, skewed, pin connected, single span, 73'-long, Pratt pony truss bridge is supported on ashlar abutments with flared wingwalls. The traditionally composed bridge is stylistically similar to 60 7217 0522 3041 [Dotter Road Bridge], a pony truss bridge that was built by the Smith Bridge Company. The built up floor beams are original. The bridge has no innovative or distinctive details, and it is an example of what by 1890 had become the standardized design for pony truss bridges. The bridge is not historically or technologically significant. Discussion of Surrounding Area The bridge carries 1 lane of a street over a stream in Cooperstown Borough. To the north is a post-WW II residential development. To the south is a small, post-WW II borough park with athletic fields and courts. The area does not have historic district potential. Bridge Considered Historic By Survey: No |
