Layton Bridge
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| Carries | Layton Road (SR 4038), originally Washington Run Railroad |
| Crosses | Youghiogheny River |
| Locale | Perry Township |
| Designer | Taylor & Romine |
| Design | through truss Pratt truss |
| Material | steel |
| Width | 14.3 feet (single lane) |
| Longest span | 181 feet |
| Construction begin | 1899 |
| Heritage status | NRHP |
| Coordinates | 40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W |
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Layton Bridge
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| Coordinates: | 40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°WCoordinates: 40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W |
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| Built: | 1899 |
| Architect: | Taylor & Romine, Roberts,A & P,Co. |
| Architectural style: | Pratt truss |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88000840 |
| Added to NRHP: | 1988 |
The Layton Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge over the Youghiogheny River, originally built for the Washington Run Railroad,construction began 1893 and it was completed in 1899. The last train crossed in 1931. It was converted to automotive use in 1933, and connects Layton, Pennsylvania with Perryopolis, Pennsylvania via a one-lane tunnel, near the suspected location of the eighteenth century Spark's Fort.
The bridge has not been painted in recent years and its members are now corroded.
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Builder's plate.
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Layton Bridge in Winter 2009-2010.
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Corrosion.
[edit] Arts and Media
The bridge will be filmed as part of the television pilot Fire in the Hole, and was seen in the movie The Silence of the Lambs.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Forbes, Chelsea (10 June 2009). "Layton Bridge to close for filming". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Tribune-Review Publishing Company). http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/s_628905.html. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
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