Tidioute Bridge

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Tidioute Bridge
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Coordinates 41°40′50.5″N79°24′45″W / 41.680694°N 79.41250°W / 41.680694; -79.41250 Coordinates: 41°40′50.5″N79°24′45″W / 41.680694°N 79.41250°W / 41.680694; -79.41250
CarriesPA-127.svg PA 127
Crosses Allegheny River
Locale Warren, Pennsylvania, United States
Maintained by PennDOT
NBI #601011001014800
Characteristics
Total length167.9 m (551 ft) [1]
Width7.3 m (24 ft) [1]
History
Constructed byBates & Rogers
Built1933 (1933)
Rebuilt2002
Location
Tidioute Bridge

The Tidioute Bridge is a truss bridge that carries Pennsylvania Route 127 across the Allegheny River between Tidioute and Limestone Township in Warren County, Pennsylvania. PA 127 uses the bridge to reach its terminus at U.S. Route 62.

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The 1933 structure sits on the piers of a previous 19th-century bridge. It was rehabilitated in 2002 and forms a gateway into the small town of Tidioute.

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References

  1. 1 2 Federal Highway Administration (2010). "State: PA, Place Name: Tidioute, County: Warren, NBI Structure Number: 610127011005910". National Bridge Inventory . Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved August 6, 2011.Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2010 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA10.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2011.