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Watsontown River Bridge

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Built
  
1927

Architect
  
Long, James B.

Area
  
4,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
22 June 1988

Built by
  
Rockwell, George W.

Opened
  
1927

Body of water
  
Susquehanna River

Watsontown River Bridge

Location
  
Legislative Route 240 spur over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, Watsontown and White Deer Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Other, Open-spandrel arch

MPS
  
Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR

Watsontown River Bridge is a historic bridge in Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1927, and consists of nine open spandrel arches with a total length of 1,080-foot-long (330 m). It is constructed of concrete and crosses the Susquehanna River.

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

References

Watsontown River Bridge Wikipedia