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This is a list of all 98 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for the state Pennsylvania. Wherever you see a blue dot blue dot you can click it to isolate the bridge on its own page. Click here to go to the list of states.

Isolate1801 (chain bridge)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:70f
Deck width:12.5f
  • Notes
    • In an email dated 1/16/2000, Don Sayenga provided information about the location of this bridge. Generally attributed to Uniontown (the seat of Fayette County, PA), Mr. Sayenga offers some clues about the bridge's true location. "[James Finley] stated that he built it near the home of his friend Meason which implies a connection for the iron as Meason was making iron. Meason's home has survived by the way, a beautiful place. Finley stated it was a combination contract with the cost split between two counties, and he stated it was built over Jacob's Creek which is the county boundary. He also makes it clear it was on the road to Greensburg. The only place the old road crossed Jacob's Creek is just south of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. On the geodetic survey maps this spot is marked "Iron Bridge" but there is no town there. The last time I was there I saw a sign that said "Iron Bridge" on an automobile scrap yard. I found absolutely no trace of the bridge, but it was not very big, so there was no need for a huge abutment."
    • First suspension bridge with a rigid level deck.
Isolate1809 (chain bridge)
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Isolate1809 (chain bridge)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
  • Notes
    • From Dunlap's Creek Bridge: "The first recorded bridge across Dunlap's Creek was a wooden structure constructed prior to 1774. It was repaired in 1801, but was destroyed during a spring storm in 1808. A chain-link suspension bridge was built on the site in 1809; it collapsed under the weight of snow and a heavily laden wagon in 1820. A third bridge, another wooden structure, built in 1821 also failed. The present bridge is thus the fourth bridge at the site."
Isolate1809 Schuylkill Falls
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended spans:2
Main spans:2 x 153f
Deck width:18f
  • Notes
    • Failed 1811, 1816. HBE notes the 1811 was due to weight of cattle. The 1816 failure was due to weight of ice and snow.
Isolate1810 (chain bridge)
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Isolate1810 (chain bridge)
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Isolate1810 (chain bridge)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Main spans:2 x 100f
Isolate1811 (chain bridge)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Isolate1811 Third Street
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Isolate1814 Hamilton Street
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended spans:4
Main spans:2
Side spans:2
Isolate1816 (footbridge)
Use:Footbridge
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Main span:393.75f
  • Notes
    • Narrow footbridge. First wire bridge in North America. HBE notes "first wire suspension bridge in any country."
    • Often described as having collapsed under the weight of ice and snow, Don Sayenga notes that no contemporary sources confirm this demise. Since the nearby chain bridge did fail under weight of ice and snow, he believes this fate has been misattributed to the White and Hazard footbridge. Don believes the bridge was just dismantled at some point after June, 1816.
    • Al Zagofsky also wrote to explain there was no evidence of this bridge collapsing under weigh of ice and snow. Al writes: "According to an original source Captain Joshua Rowley Watson, who inspected the bridge on June 15, 1816: '...There was a bridge, but which by the weight of ice and snow, has been carried away.' This refers to the previous bridge that the cable bridge was temporarily replacing. I did not see any cause for failure of the wire rope bridge. My guess is that it was removed when the regular bridge was repaired. The same article shows a sketch that he made, showing the main span to be 407 feet. I am looking at the Canal History and Technology Proceedings Vol 5, March 22, 1986."
Isolate1824 Biery's
Status:Removed
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Isolate1824 Lehigh Gap (Palmerton)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Replaced, 1933
Main cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended spans:3
  • Notes
    • Finley patent bridge.
Isolate1842 Fairmount (Callowhill St.)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Replaced, 1875
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:342f
  • Notes
    • BBR and BOB say 1841.
Isolate1845 Pittsburgh Aqueduct
Use:Aqueduct
Status:Removed, 1861
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:7
Main spans:7 x 162f
  • Notes
    • In use until 1860.
Isolate1846 Monongahela (Smithfield Street)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed, 1882
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:8
Main spans:8 x 188f
Deck width:20f
Isolate1848 Delaware Aqueduct (Roebling Aqueduct)
Location:N 41.48262 W 74.98461
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Aqueduct and Vehicular (one-lane, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2006)
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:4
Main spans:3 x 131f, 142f
Isolate1849 Lackawaxen Aqueduct
Use:Aqueduct
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:2
Main spans:2 x 114.37f
Isolate1855 Shohola (Barryville-Shohola, Shohola-Barryville)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Dismantled, 1941
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:1
  • Notes
    • BDR: Built 1856, severely damaged 1859, rebuilt, collapsed Jan. 1st 1865, rebuilt 1866. Dale writes: "A respected historian, John Willard Johnston, who knew Chauncey Thomas personally and visited the area during his ownership of the toll bridge, insisted that Thomas, as the builder, was grossly incompetent."
    • Originally constructed with one main span, the center pier was added during the 1866 reconstruction.
    • Don Sayenga's research leads him to conclude the bridge was completed in the fall of 1855. He notes an article from the Pike County Democrat (June 21, 1872) stating the bridge was completed in 1855. The article also notes the 1859 collapse occurred on July 2, 1859. Don's interest in this bridge is piqued by the connection to John Roebling, "...this bridge seems to be the only John Roebling bridge that failed in service..." Roebling prepared plans, for the original bridge, for Chauncy Thomas (who, by Dale's account was inexperienced).
Isolate1857 Change (Chain, Lehigh Canal Swinging, Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8)
Location:N 40.65382 W 75.24774
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge and Change
Status:Derelict (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:2
Main spans:2
  • Notes
    • Often mistakenly called a "chain" bridge, this is a "change" bridge. Dale Oswald explains (in the context of the Aldrich Change Bridge at Palmyra, NY), "A change bridge is one with low railings and an underpass that allowed draft teams to move from one side of the canal to the other without unhitching, cloverleaf-style."
Isolate1860 Allegheny River (Sixth Street)
Use:Vehicular (with walkway)
Status:Replaced, 1892
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:4
Main spans:2 x 344f
Side spans:2 x 171f
Deck width:40f
  • Notes
    • BPL cites this bridge as the first suspension bridge with metal towers. However, at least two earlier suspension bridges (1857 Watertown, New York and 1856 Bidwell Bar, California) are known to have metal towers and even Roebling's 1846 Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh had cast iron towers.
    • Next to 1884 North Side (Seventh Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Isolate1861 (suspension bridge)
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate1865 Market Street
Use:Vehicular
Status:Destroyed, June 1, 1889
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:5
Main spans:5 x 200f
Isolate1869 (footbridge)
Use:Footbridge
Status:Replaced, 1904
Main cables:Wire (iron)
  • Notes
    • Destroyed by storm soon after completion and rebuilt.
    • Images of America: Warren by Jodi L. Brandon shows an image of this bridge with a caption stating the bridge was moved to Kelletville (in Forest County, Pennsylvania) in 1906.
Isolate1869 Lordville
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Destroyed, 1903
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Isolate1870 Chehocton
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed, 1937
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~475f
  • Notes
    • Replaced 1937.
Isolate1871 Warren (Hickory Street)
Use:Vehicular (with walkway)
Status:Replaced, 1918
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:470f
Deck width:29f
Isolate1872 Barrett
Use:Vehicular
Status:Destroyed, October 11, 1903
Main cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended spans:2
Main spans:2
  • Notes
    • BDR: Destroyed by ice March 17, 1875, rebuilt, destroyed by flood October 11, 1903.
Isolate1876 Petroleum Street (Oil City)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:3
Main span:500f
  • Notes
    • AAJ: Rebuilt, 1884, 1905.
Isolate1876 Point
Use:Vehicular and Rail (streetcar)
Status:Demolished, 1927
Main cables:Eyebar
Suspended spans:1
Main span:800f
Deck width:34f
  • Notes
    • Partial floor collapse requiring extensive repairs, December 24, 1903. Repaired, 1904. Demolished 1927.
Isolate1878 Maynard Street
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire
Isolate1884 McKeesport-Reynoldton (Third Ave.)
Status:Removed
Isolate1884 North Side (Seventh Street)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed, 1924
Main cables:Eyebar
Suspended spans:4
Main spans:2 x 320f
Side spans:2 x 165f
Deck width:42f
Isolate1886 Lower
Status:Demolished, 1951
Main cables:Wire
  • Notes
    • Damaged by windstorm 1950.
Isolate1887 Swinging
Location:N 40.3405 W 75.923638
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:Dismantled, 1983
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
  • Notes
    • Dismantled 1983. One tower used in extant (2007) Workers Memorial Tower at Reading, PA.
    • The coordinates at right are for the original location of the bridge. The location of the Memorial is: Lat: 40.3245, Long: -075.9263
Isolate1888 (pipeline bridge)
Use:Pipeline
Main cables:Wire
Main span:360f
Isolate1889 Market Street
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:5
Main spans:5 x 200f
Isolate1890 Kellams (Little Equinunk)
Location:N 41.82333 W 75.11333
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:In use (last checked, October, 2006)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:384f
  • Notes
    • BDR: Completed 1889. BDR also states the bridge underwent "major repairs" in 1936 including replacement of the wooden deck with a steel deck. I suspect the entire bridge was replaced at this time. Older photos of the bridge show wooden towers, a wooden deck, and a completely different cable arrangement.
    • Damaged by floodwaters June, 2006. Repaired October, 2006.
Isolate1891 Lower
Location:N 41.4349 W 77.28887
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:In use (last checked, 2004)
Main cables:Eyebar (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:300f
Isolate1891 Upper
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Removed
Main cables:Eyebar (steel)
Isolate1897 Rochester
Use:Vehicular (with walkway)
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:800f
Side spans:400f, 416f
Deck width:28f
Isolate1900 Upper
Use:Footbridge
Status:Demolished, 1955
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main spans:2 x 279f
Side span:110f
  • Notes
    • According to Tyrell, "[It] joins Dock Street on the lower side of the river with Glendon Avenue on the upper side, 90 feet above it. To overcome this difference in elevation of the two ends without incurring excessive expense for approach, the bridge floor was made to descend on a grade of 7.2 per cent from the upper bank to meet stairs rising from Dock Street..."
Isolate1904 Lordville-Equinunk
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Demolished, 1986
Main cables:Eyebar (steel)
Suspended spans:2
Main span:347f
Side span:56f
Isolate1904 Riegelsville
Location:N 40.59427 W 75.19062
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (two-lane heavy, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main spans:3
Isolate1907 (footbridge)
Location:N 40.147917 W 78.914417
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, 1996
Main cables:Wire
Isolate1920 Swinging
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, 1972
Isolate1926 Andy Warhol (Seventh Street)
Location:N 40.44626 W 80.00145
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (four-lane, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Eyebar (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:442f
Side spans:2 x 221f
Deck width:62f
Isolate1926 Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia-Camden)
Location:N 39.95333 W 75.135
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular and Rail (major highway, subway, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:1,750f
Side spans:2 x 719.5f
Deck width:125.5f
Isolate1927 Rachel Carson (Ninth Street)
Location:N 40.44669 W 79.99980
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (four-lane, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Eyebar (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:430f
Side spans:2 x 215f
Isolate1928 Roberto Clemente (Sixth Street)
Location:N 40.44558 W 80.00332
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (four-lane, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Eyebar (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:430f
Side spans:2 x 215f
Isolate1931 South Tenth Street (South Side)
Location:N 40.43166 W 79.989
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (four-lane, with walkway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2004)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:750f
Side spans:2 x 275f
Deck width:54f
Isolate1937 Corbin's
Location:N 40.455 W 77.98333
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate1937 Lenape Park I
Location:N 40.36658 W 75.29908
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2003)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate1937 Lenape Park II
Location:N 40.36691 W 75.29920
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2003)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate1947 Lumberville-Raven Rock (Bulls Island)
Location:N 40.407017 W 75.038183
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:5
Main spans:5
Isolate1955 (footbridge)
Location:N 41.273683 W 77.323883
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
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."
Isolate1955 Hyde Park (Walking)
Location:N 40.627633 W 79.59835
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main spans:~156f, ~157f, ~160f
  • Notes
    • Multi-span footbridge.
Isolate1957 Walt Whitman
Location:N 39.905 W 75.13
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (major highway)
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:3
Main span:610m
Side spans:2 x 234.7m
Deck width:83f
Isolate1996 (footbridge)
Location:N 40.147917 W 78.914417
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~138f
Isolate1996 Swinging
Location:N 40.53588 W 76.96490
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2003)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~186f
Isolate1998 Lyman Run
Location:N 41.72169 W 77.78674
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate2001 Cross Fork
Location:N 41.57235 W 77.78174
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(conveyor bridge)
Location:N 41.837083 W 79.20475
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Conveyor
Status:Removed (last checked, 2008)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~380f
  • Notes
    • Crossed a portion of the Allegheny River to Mead Island.
    • Appears to have been removed 2006-2008. Jason Oliphant writes in early 2009: "The north shore suspension supports still exist but the bridge doesn't. I have no idea when it was taken down but I can say that it wasn't there in summer 2008."
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.14121 W 76.21860
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 41.181 W 77.227
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~101f
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.910683 W 77.781517
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.64248 W 75.38225
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:Closed, 2004 (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
  • Notes
    • Damaged by Hurricane Ivan, 2004. Remained closed through 2005 and may be removed.
    • Completed, 1920's.
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.60347 W 75.34635
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 41.168117 W 79.074767
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2006)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~178f
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 39.98081 W 80.03347
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:Derelict (last checked, 2008)
Main cables:Wire
Main span:1
Side spans:2
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 41.34104 W 79.21433
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 41.27277 W 76.91025
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.155317 W 76.988383
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 39.7225 W 76.1276
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
  • Notes
    • Rush Wickes writes: "It collapsed once during the mid-1980's due to being overloaded by mischievous Scout campers. It was subsequently rebuilt, explaining the mismatched steel and wood tower combination. The "W" in the tower may very well refer to the phrase, 'Wimachtendienk, Wingolauchsik, Witahemui', or WWW, a motto of the Order of the Arrow honor group. The Octararo lodge of the honor group has its ceremonial fire pit just beyond the steel tower."
    • Near (footbridge) - Jenkins Corner vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA.
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 39.7268 W 76.125
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.212267 W 79.458667
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:Only towers remain (last checked, 2006)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 41.45763 W 79.75185
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2002)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 40.15698 W 75.65073
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2004)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Isolate(footbridge)
Location:N 39.95421 W 75.39321
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~150f
  • Notes
    • Connects the roadway to an intake tower in the Springton reservoir.
Isolate(suspension bridge)
Status:Replaced, 1906
  • Notes
    • Completed, 1870's.
Isolate(suspension bridge)
Status:Removed
  • Notes
    • Likely removed.
Isolate(suspension bridge)
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:2
Main spans:2
IsolateBaker
Location:N 41.41165 W 76.7085
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
IsolateBoughton
Location:N 41.59955 W 79.64521
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Main span:130f
  • Notes
    • The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources posted an advisory, effective February 28, 2005, that this bridge was closed until further notice. This is likely a temporary closing.
IsolateChester D. Wolfe Memorial
Location:N 41.38142 W 76.83792
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
IsolateGorge Trail (Lower)
Location:N 40.1781 W 79.780533
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~60f
IsolateGorge Trail (Upper)
Location:N 40.171717 W 79.7834
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~42f
IsolateOverholt Distillery Swinging
Location:N 40.04610 W 79.61201
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Status:Derelict (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire
Main spans:4
IsolatePenn Public Service Co.
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
IsolateSouth Street
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
IsolateSwinging
Location:N 40.01670 W 78.3539
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:In use (last checked, 2004)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:3
Main span:~141f
Side spans:~36f, ~41f
IsolateSwinging
Location:N 40.32213 W 78.13003
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2005)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Main span:~100f
IsolateSwinging
Location:N 41.58233 W 75.32416
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked, 2007)
Main cables:Wire
Suspended spans:1
Main span:90f
IsolateWindgap (McKees Rocks)
Location:N 40.46333 W 80.07409
Maps:MapQuest, Acme
Use:Footbridge
Status:Removed, c. 2005
Main cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended spans:1
  • Notes
    • Damaged by flood (due to Hurricane Ivan), September 17, 2004. Removed, c. 2005.

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