{"nrhp_refnum":"88000845","name":"Bridge in Lewis Township","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 41051 over Lycoming Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bodines","county":"Lycoming County","state":"PA","lat":41.44831898000007,"lon":-76.98092831199995,"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 pin-connected Pratt through truss highway bridge over Lycoming Creek in Lewis Township, near Bodines, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It has a main span of 149 feet and was built in 1890.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the bridge as a typical example of the Pratt through truss, one of fourteen representative examples in a multiple-resource group of Commonwealth-owned highway bridges. It is located in north-central Pennsylvania, an area with a heavy concentration of truss bridges, and is regarded as a well-preserved example of a bridge type used frequently in that region. The area of significance is engineering.","narrative":"Near Bodines in Lycoming County, a steel Pratt through truss carries a road across Lycoming Creek. Built in 1890, the bridge has a main span of 149 feet and a deck width of about 25 feet. Its members are built up from channels with lacing bars, and the trusses are pin-connected with a full-slope, half-hip configuration. The railings are formed by two cables with lacing. The bridge was built by E.A. and J. S. Perkins, contractors of Williamsport, and a plaque records the date of construction. Its abutments and wing walls were encased in smooth concrete jackets in 1976, which altered the original masonry substructure. The bridge is significant for engineering. It is one of fourteen representative examples of the Pratt through truss included in a group of Commonwealth-owned highway bridges, and it is regarded as well preserved for a bridge type once common in north-central Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"E.A. and J. S. Perkins, Contractors of Williamsport (builder/contractor)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Concrete jackets were added to the abutments in 1976.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.127539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000845.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000845/0fb2d2141e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000845/0fb2d2141e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"PennDOT","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Lewis_Township,_Lycoming_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">PennDOT</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Lewis_Township,_Lycoming_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993354","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_in_Lewis_Township","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lycoming-county/bridge-in-lewis-township-88000845/"}