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Overview

Photos taken June 2007 by Kent Findley

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Portal

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Overview: Lenticular through truss bridge over Swatara Creek on the Appalachian Trail in Fort Indiantown Gap
Location: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1890 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; relocated 1985
Builder: - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design: Lenticular through truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.48028, -76.53158 (decimal degrees)
40°28'49" N, 76°31'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/370182/4482192 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Indiantown Gap
Inventory numbers: NRHP 88002171 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36037 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

HAER PA-462 - Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved from Little Pine Creek at State Route 44, Waterville, Lycoming County), Green Point vicinity, Lebanon County, PA
Kent Findley - kent [dot] findley [at] gmail [dot] com

Waterville Bridge

Posted October 3, 2007, by JO (joakabridgefreak [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is really a neat bridge and very aesthetic!! It is good that it was preserved and not demolished!! Great pic!!