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Inventory Number: PA/38-03-12x / PA-65-10x
County: Armstrong County / Westmoreland County
Township: Kiskiminetas - Washington
Town/Village: Apollo - Oklahoma
Bridge Name: Apollo
Crosses: Kiskiminetas River
Truss type: with Arches
Spans: 4
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1844
Builder:
When Lost: 1881
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N40 34.81
Longitude: W079 34.13
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Directions: On First Avenue (Route 69 in 1911, Route 66 in 1941 and 1991(SR0066)).
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Comments:
Between 1844 and 1846 a four-span covered toll bridge with wooden arches was built by the Warren Bridge Co. for about $10,000. By 1852, the trustees wanted to sell the bridge because it had not been a financial success, but their efforts were thwarted by legislation. The bridge was carried away by an ice gorge in January 1881. The replacement bridge was a steel bridge built by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio. Penn Pilot aerial photography dated to September 25, 1938 shows a six span wrought iron or steel through truss bridge at about the same alignment as the present bridge. This same bridge is shown on a Panoramic Maps Collection relief map of Apollo, dated to 1896. The present bridge at the site is about 750' long.
Sources:
Henry, Thomas James, "1816-1916; History of Apollo, Pennsylvania: The Year of a Hundred Years"
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 76-77
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, June 2007

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