Birmingham Bridge (Birmingham, Pennsylvania)

For the bridge in Pittsburgh, see Birmingham Bridge.

Birmingham Bridge, also known as Huntingdon County Bridge No. 15 and Blair County Bridge No. 48, is a historic Pratt truss bridge spanning the Little Juniata River and located at Tyrone Township, Blair County and Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Bridge Co. in 1898. It measures 137 ft (42 m) in length and has a 14.7-foot-wide (4.5 m) bridge deck. It is the only means of access to two dwellings on the Blair County side of the river.^[2]

Birmingham Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Birmingham Bridge, September 2017
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Location	Over the Juniata River, north of Birmingham off Pennsylvania Route 350, Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania and Warriors Mark Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°38′56″N 78°11′57″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1898
Built by	Pennsylvania Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Pratt through truss bridge
MPS	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000400[1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1990

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-05. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (September 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Birmingham Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-05.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-236, "Birmingham Bridge, Spanning Little Juniata River at local road South of State Route 453, Tyrone vicinity, Blair County, PA", 6 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page