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Inclined Plane Bridge
Coordinates40°19′33″N 78°55′33″W / 40.32583°N 78.92583°W / 40.32583; -78.92583
CarriesSR 3022 spur
CrossesStonycreek River
LocaleCambria, Pennsylvania, United States
Other name(s)Bridge in Johnstown City
Maintained byPennDOT
NBI #113022001000000[1]
Characteristics
Total length72.2 m (237 ft)[1]
Width5.7 m (19 ft)[1]
Load limit5 short tons (4.5 t)
History
Constructed bySparks and Evans
BuiltJune 1, 1891
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000805[2]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1988
Location
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The Inclined Plane Bridge is a 237-foot (72 m), Pennsylvania through truss bridge that spans Stonycreek River in Johnstown, Cambria County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It connects the city to the lower station of the Johnstown Inclined Plane. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 and was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in 1997.

  1. ^ a b c Federal Highway Administration (2010). "State: PA, Place Name: Johnstown, County: Cambria, NBI Structure Number: 113022001000000". National Bridge Inventory. Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved June 21, 2011. Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2010 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA10.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2011.

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