Eddie Road Bridge

Most Recent Visit To Bridge: July 1, 2006

Key Facts

Bridge Name	Type	Road	Location	City	Crossing
Eddie Road Bridge	Truss	Eddie Road	Crawford County, PA	Rural	Muddy Creek

Technical Facts

Construction Date	Structure Length	Deck Width
1895	63 Feet	14 Feet

This attractive bridge is a four panel half-hip Pratt pony truss with pinned connections. The steel materials on the bridge came from both Carnegie and Jones and Laughlin mills. The bridge retains decent sized lattice railings. There is lattice on the vertical members. There have been some repairs made to the bridge, but in my opinion these repairs to not affect the overall appearance of the bridge, and as such, do not reduce the value of this bridge as both an aesthetic and historic structure.

Information and Findings From Pennsylvania's Historic Bridge Inventory

Discussion of Bridge

The one span, pin connected, 63'-long, Pratt pony truss bridge built in 1895 is supported on ashlar abutments with flared wingwalls. It is an altered example of the standardized design that is common in the county. New eyes were welded onto the lower chord eye bars, and some of the rivets have been replaced by modern bolts at an unspecified date. More complete and distinguished examples represent the significance and development of the technology, especially in Crawford County with its many unaltered metal truss bridges. Neither the bridge nor its setting are historically or technologically significant.

Discussion of Surrounding Area

The bridge carries 1 lane of road over a stream in a rural area of farms and woods. The undistinguished, early and mid 20th century farm houses do not have historic district potential.

Bridge Considered Historic By Survey: No