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Loyalton, Dauphin County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-22-46x
County: Dauphin County
Township:
Town/Village: Loyalton
Bridge Name: Loyalton
Crosses: Wiconisco Creek
Truss type:
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1931
Cause:
Latitude: N40 34.143
Longitude: W076 45.886
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Directions: West edge of Loyalton.

Loyalton Bridge, Loyalton, Dauphin County, PA
Norman Gasbarro Collection

Comments:
A bypass replacement is underway in 1938 Penn Pilot imagery, but the covered bridge seems to have already been replaced in 1931, or significantly modified due to a fire and subsequent removal of the truss portion of the bridge and adding of steel supports under the deck (per local newspaper reports). The work was done under the supervision of Harry A. Long of Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Loyalton was previously known as Short Mountain.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, September 2017
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, December 2016
Norman Gasbarro, Lykens Valley Blog (www.lykensvalley.org), July 3, 2016

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