Grove Street Bridge

Bridge Documented: July 3, 2006

Key Facts

Bridge Name	Type	Road	Location	City	Crossing
Grove Street Bridge	Beam	Grove Street	Lawrence County, PA	New Castle	Neshannock Creek

Technical Facts

Construction Date	Structure Length	Deck Width
1950	212 Feet	59 Feet

I wish I had more time on my Pennsylvania trip to photo some of the railroad bridges and non-truss highway bridges of Pennsylvania, as many are fascinating. But duty called, and I had to stick to the threatened highway trusses, and even so, I still failed to visit all the threatened highway bridges in western Pennsylvania. I did take maybe two minutes to grab a few photos of this bridge however, mainly to document the attractive standard plan railing seen on this bridge. I noted this gothic-like railing design on a number of bridges in Pennsylvania. This bridge is a fairly decent length example of the structure type.

Information and Findings From Pennsylvania's Historic Bridge Inventory

Discussion of Bridge

The two-span, simply supported, 212'-long, steel stringer bridge, built in 1950, is supported on a concrete substructure and has steel balustrades. It has no innovative or distinguishing details, and is an example of the most common 20th century bridge type in the state. Neither the bridge nor its setting are historically or technologically noteworthy.

Discussion of Surrounding Area

The bridge carries a four-lane city street and sidewalks over Neshannock Creek in an area of 20th century development in the borough of New Castle. The area does not appear to have historic district potential.

Bridge Considered Historic By Survey: No