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Jonestown Railroad, Lebanon County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-38-16x
County: Lebanon County
Township: East Hanover - Swatara
Town/Village: Jonestown
Bridge Name: Jonestown Railroad
Crosses: Swatara Creek
Truss type: Foreman Deck
Spans: 1
Length: c150'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1869
Builder:
When Lost: bef 1933
Cause:
Latitude: N40 24.16
Longitude: W076 29.27
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: Just west of Bunker Hill Bridge on the Lebanon and Tremont Branch of the Reading Railroad.

Jonestown Railroad Bridge, East Hanover-Swatara, Lebanon County, PA. Built 1869
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Comments:
12-panel Foreman Deck truss. In 1901 the bridge was listed as #55 and constructed of a Foreman Deck Truss. Later it was designated #5/68. By 1933 it was listed as a steel through truss.

Sources:
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 112-113
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, October 2006

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