{"nrhp_refnum":"88000768","name":"Bridge in Lykens Township No. 2","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 22033 over trib. to Pine Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fearnot","county":"Dauphin County","state":"PA","lat":40.63274194200005,"lon":-76.66405554599999,"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 small single-span stone highway bridge in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, carrying vehicular traffic over a tributary to Pine Creek near Fearnot. It was built in 1872 of coursed ashlar masonry in the camelback form.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the bridge as a typical small-span stone highway bridge and an excellent example of the camelback type associated with Pennsylvania's earlier nineteenth-century turnpike bridges. Its masonry, including precisely shaped voussoirs, an articulated keystone and shaped coping, is described as excellent in engineering quality and intact. The area of significance is engineering.","narrative":"Built in 1872 over a tributary to Pine Creek in rural, wooded country near Fearnot in Dauphin County, this small single-span bridge carries vehicular traffic on a camelback arch of coursed ashlar masonry. Its form recalls the turnpike bridges that Pennsylvania built in the earlier nineteenth century, and the nomination describes it as an excellent example of that type. The arch uses precisely shaped voussoirs, an articulated keystone and shaped coping stones, and the masonry is described as intact. Its significance lies in engineering, as a well-preserved representative of a bridge type more commonly associated with the state's turnpike era. The nominated area is a rectangle of about 25 feet by 25 feet, enclosing the superstructure and substructure between the outer corners of the wing walls. The concrete wing walls are later additions, and the bridge is listed as one of several Commonwealth highway bridges entered in the National Register in 1988.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Camelback bridge","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.763426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000768.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000768/c85b5086fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000768/c85b5086fe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"PennDOT","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Lykens_Township_No._2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">PennDOT</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Lykens_Township_No._2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992870","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_in_Lykens_Township_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966365"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/dauphin-county/bridge-in-lykens-township-no-2-88000768/"}