Lilly Bridge
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Lilly Bridge, Summer 1997 | |
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| Location | PA 53 over Burgoon Run, Lilly, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°25′26″N 78°37′8″W / 40.42389°N 78.61889°WCoordinates: 40°25′26″N 78°37′8″W / 40.42389°N 78.61889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1832 |
| Architectural style | Other, Single span stone arch |
| Governing body | State |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 88000785[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
Lilly Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located at Lilly in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Allegheny Portage Railroad in 1832, and is an 18-foot-long (5.5 m) bridge, with an elliptical shape and curved wingalls. It is built of roughly squared ashlar and crosses Burgoon Run.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes J. Dain Davis (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Portage Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-452, "Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at State Route 53, Lilly, Cambria County, PA", 6 photos, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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