East elevation, north span - Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA
Photographer
DuSel, James
Title
East elevation, north span - Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA
Description
Nelson and Buchanan; Cambria Iron Company; Cameron County Commissioners; P. A. C. Spero and Company, contractor; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; DuSel, James, photographer
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Notes
Significance: The bridge is a two-span, pin-connected, metal Pratt through truss bridge 212' in length. Erected by Nelson and Buchanan of Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, in 1901, with some members fabricated by the Cambria Iron Company, the structure is a representative surviving example of a popular truss type built to specifications by bridge companies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Pennsylvania and throughout the U.S...
Survey number: HAER PA-444
Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction