Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad
National Register of Historic Places

Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad

Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania
Listed
May 3, 1995
Type
Structure
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
95000552

About this property

The Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is an historic railroad bridge in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Built for the Northern Central Railroad in 1870, this 190-foot-long bridge was disassembled and reassembled on the Stewartstown Railroad in 1885. A girder structure was added in 1920, and the original bridge structure was removed, although the original 1870 trusses are still in place. The bridge is still in active use, and services the Stewartstown Railroad passenger excursions. List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-205, "Stewartstown Railroad Bridge", 14 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 measured drawings, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

Location

Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania
39.75533, -76.60939

Categories

TRANSPORTATIONENGINEERING
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Sources

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When was Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad listed on the National Register?

Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1995.

What type of historic resource is Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad?

Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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