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
Baker Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Baker Bridge
Baker Bridge is located in the United States
Baker Bridge
LocationTownship Route 370 over Great Trough Creek, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Newburg, Todd Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°17′10″N 78°7′17″W / 40.28611°N 78.12139°W / 40.28611; -78.12139
Arealess than one acre
Built1917
Architectural styleReinforced concrete closed spandrel arch bridge
MPSIndustrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.90000411[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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 is on Township Route 377 (Newburg Park Road). 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-27. 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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