Carries Two lanes of US 62 Locale Tionesta Township Opened 1934 Width 9.8 m Bridge type Truss bridge | Crosses Allegheny River Design Truss bridge Total length 320 m Location Tionesta Township Body of water Allegheny River | |
Similar Donald R Lobaugh Bridge, 33rd Street Railroad Bridge, David McCullough Bridge, 30th Street Bridge, Emlenton Bridge | ||
The Hunter Station Bridge is a truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 62 (US 62) across the Allegheny River in rural Tionesta Township in Forest County, Pennsylvania. The structure was named for a railroad stop on the long defunct Ridgway & Oil City Railroad.
The bridge features an unusual design, in which the roadway is built into the middle of the truss, as opposed to the bottom of the structure. This was done to prevent flooding from submerging the highway, which was relatively common before the upstream construction of the Kinzua Dam. In 1971, the bridge was reconstructed, several years after the completion of the dam.
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