Suspension Bridges Crossing Pine Creek

This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Pine Creek. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1953: (footbridge)

Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA - Pine Creek
Bridgemeister ID:263 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1953
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA
Crossing:Pine Creek
Coordinates:43.33931 N 90.39205 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:10
Main Spans:8 x 22.9 meters (75 feet) estimated
Side Spans:1 x 9.8 meters (32 feet),
1 x 10.4 meters (34 feet)

Notes:

  • Long low-level footbridge across marshy Pine Creek. Larry Beranek writes: "A flood in Spring 1951, just after I was born, washed out the original bridge. The [current bridge pictured here] was built in 1953. The dam [mentioned here] is gone now so the river remains a trickle til heavy rains or snow melt beef it up as happened in September of [2007]. The water was up to the stringer which supports the walking surface and the police had it taped off so no one would go on it."
Postcard, collection of David Denenberg Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

1955: (footbridge)

Jersey Shore vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA - Pine Creek
Bridgemeister ID:591 (added 2003-01-05)
Year Completed:1955
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Jersey Shore vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Pine Creek
At or Near Feature:Boy Scouts Camp Kline
Coordinates:41.273683 N 77.323883 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Williamsport Technical Institute students
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, 1972
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • The postcard (postmarked 1961) showing the bridge says, "The largest foot-suspension bridge in the East crosses Pine Creek at the Boy Scouts' Camp Kline, north of Jersey Shore, Pa. Built in 1955 by Williamsport Technical Institute students with materials donated by area industries. Valued over $25,000, the 409-foot span has concrete anchors and a 14-ton capacity. For 35 years previous, boats were used to reach the popular 360-acre camp-site, donated to the Scouts in 1920 by James N. Kline, a Williamsport merchant." It's doubtful this was anywhere close to being a 409-foot bridge.
  • The message written on the postcard is amusing (though unrelated to the bridge): "Hi Mom and Dad, I had a fine time up here. I went on a boat trip Monday around the island. We got half way around and Tiny tiped [sic] his boat then we tiped ours. I didn't get to sleep until 2:00 Monday night. I am going to try to swim a mile today. I don't do nothing but lay in my bunk and listen to records. Ken."
  • Patrick O'Donnell is familiar with this area and notes that the bridge is gone, but the concrete footings are still visible. He suspects 1972's Hurricane Agnes brought down this bridge. Denny Keller confirms Patrick's suspicion with a firsthand account of Hurricane Agnes' impact on this bridge: "21 June 1972 is a date that I will never forget. I along with 340+ kids and adults were at Camp Kline during our yearly 4-H camp. I was the very last (along with the National Guard that performed the rescue) to leave and walk across the bridge that once stood at 11PM on the evening of June 21st. I along with two other senior 4-H counselors. I can remember the last trip across the bridge while mobile homes, trees, and all type of debris were floating down the creek and hitting the bridge underneath."
Postcard, collection of David Denenberg Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

(footbridge)

Ansonia, Pennsylvania, USA - Pine Creek
Bridgemeister ID:4830 (added 2020-07-05)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Ansonia, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Pine Creek
Coordinates:41.712839 N 77.456030 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Main Span:1

Photo by Wayne Grodkiewicz

(suspension bridge)

Jersey Shore vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA - Pine Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1662 (added 2005-03-20)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Jersey Shore vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Pine Creek
Coordinates:41.197030 N 77.291830 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed

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Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell


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