{"nrhp_refnum":"88000761","name":"Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge","other_names":["State Street Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 140/State St. over LR 130 Spur and Paxton Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrisburg","county":"Dauphin County","state":"PA","lat":40.26731697800005,"lon":-76.87830872499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A reinforced concrete segmental-arch highway bridge carrying State Street over the Lemoyne Railroad spur and Creek in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It runs 1,312 feet with seventeen arches and was built in 1926-1930.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is an excellent example of a long-span monumental urban bridge, built as a memorial to the men who fought in World War I. Its fortress-like massive concrete form, 300-foot obelisks and military-themed decorative details, including keystones shaped as different military objects, express the memorial subject. The nomination places its significance in engineering.","narrative":"Carrying State Street across a rail spur and creek into the Capitol Plaza in Harrisburg, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge was built as a memorial to the men who fought in World War I. Work began in 1926 and the structure was completed in 1930. Designed by the John E. Greiner Company, engineers, with the architects Gehron and Ross, it consists of seventeen reinforced concrete segmental arches on concrete piers faced with granite and limestone, extending 1,312 feet. The arches are scored to imitate stone. Its massive, fortress-like concrete mass and 300-foot obelisks evoke the military theme of the memorial. Decorative military details run throughout the bridge, most notably the arch keystones, each shaped as a different military object. The bridge is regarded as an excellent example of a long-span monumental urban bridge, and its engineering and design place it among notable structures of its type.","period_of_significance":"1926-1930","architect_builder":"John E. Greiner Company (engineers); Gehron and Ross (architects)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.238072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000761.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000761/d28fc3f38d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000761/d28fc3f38d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Joseph Elliot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_Street_Bridge_(Harrisburg)_HAER_color.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Elliot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_Street_Bridge_(Harrisburg)_HAER_color.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992868","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Bridge_(Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2333664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/dauphin-county/soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-bridge-88000761/"}