Heritage status NRHP Opened 1899 Bridge type Truss bridge Body of water Youghiogheny River | Longest span 181 feet (55.2 m) Width 4.36 m | |
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Design through truss Pratt truss Similar Banning Railroad Bridge, Ohiopyle Low Bridge, Smithton Low‑Level Bridge, Smithton High‑Level Bridge, Jerome Street Bridge | ||
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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.
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The bridge has not been painted in recent years and its members are now corroded.
Arts and Media
The bridge was filmed as part of "Fire in the Hole", the pilot episode of the television series "Justified", and was seen in the movie The Silence of the Lambs.
References
Layton Bridge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA