{"nrhp_refnum":"95000545","name":"Ridge Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Stewartstown RR tracks over Ridge Rd., Hopewell Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stewartstown","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.75979080500008,"lon":-76.62560651499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Riveted steel girder bridge carrying the Stewartstown Railroad over Ridge Road in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was constructed by the railroad around 1895 and measures 72 1/2 feet long and ten feet wide.","why_significant":"The bridge is argued to be significant for its riveted girder construction, a method that preceded rolled single-piece steel girders and is uncommon among railroad bridges in York County. It also reflects the railroad's economical design and its role in transporting goods for merchants east of New Freedom Borough.","narrative":"Ridge Road Bridge is a girder bridge that carries the Stewartstown Railroad over Ridge Road in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania. The railroad company built it around 1895 to replace a trestle bridge put up when the line was laid in 1885. Two riveted steel I-beams rest on high stone abutments that also serve as retaining walls for the railroad grade, and the abutments were reused from the earlier trestle. The bridge is 72 1/2 feet long and ten feet wide. Its riveted construction, with several pieces joined to form one girder, predates the rolling method that produced single-piece girders, and few such bridges remain in York County. The Stewartstown Railroad, seven miles long, linked farms and merchants east of New Freedom Borough to the Northern Central Railway. The bridge is in good condition, and the only visible problem is cracking and loosening of mortar joints in the abutments.","period_of_significance":"C. 1895 - 1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Good condition; the railroad remains in use for freight hauling and excursions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.773238-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000545.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000545/30cfd5eee1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000545/30cfd5eee1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Purple pirouette","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridge_Road_Bridge,_Stewartstown_Railroad,_Hopewell_Twp_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple pirouette</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridge_Road_Bridge,_Stewartstown_Railroad,_Hopewell_Twp_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Road_Bridge,_Stewartstown_Railroad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7332703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/ridge-road-bridge-stewartstown-railroad-95000545/"}