Baker Bridge

For the bridge between Illinois and Iowa over the Mississippi River, see Sergeant John F. Baker Jr. Bridge.
Baker Bridge

Looking at the southeast side of the span from the east side of Great Trough Creek
Location Township Route 370 over Great Trough Creek, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Newburg, Todd Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°17′10″N 78°7′17″W / 40.28611°N 78.12139°W / 40.28611; -78.12139Coordinates: 40°17′10″N 78°7′17″W / 40.28611°N 78.12139°W / 40.28611; -78.12139
Area less than one acre
Built 1917
Architectural style Other, Reinforced concrete closed spandrel arch bridge
MPS Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS
NRHP Reference # 90000411[1]
Added to NRHP March 20, 1990

Baker Bridge, also known as Huntingdon County Bridge No. 14, is a historic reinforced concrete closed spandrel arch bridge spanning the Great Trough Creek and located at Todd Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1917, and measures 114-foot-long (35 m) and has a 17-foot-wide (5.2 m) bridge deck. It has two arch spans.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (September 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Baker Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-09-04.
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