Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships

Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships

Southern side of the original bridge
Nearest city Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°49′31″N 76°52′22″W / 40.82528°N 76.87278°W / 40.82528; -76.87278Coordinates: 40°49′31″N 76°52′22″W / 40.82528°N 76.87278°W / 40.82528; -76.87278
Area less than one acre
Built 1919
Architect Flink, G. A.; Whittaker & Diehl
Architectural style Multi-span barrel arch
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000811[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

The Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships, also known as the Penns Creek Bridge, Camelback Bridge, or Camelback, was a historic bridge located at Monroe Township and Penn Township near Selinsgrove in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was a 194-foot-long (59 m) barrel arch bridge built in 1919. It spanned Penns Creek.[2] It was removed in 1994.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ unknown (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

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