Layton Bridge

Layton Bridge

Coordinates	40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W / 40.08917; -79.73028 (Layton Bridge)
Carries	Layton Road (SR 4038), originally Washington Run Railroad
Crosses	Youghiogheny River
Locale	Perry Township
Heritage status	NRHP
Characteristics
Design	through truss Pratt truss
Material	steel
Width	14.3 feet (4.36 m) (single lane)
Longest span	181 feet (55.2 m)
History
Designer	Taylor & Romine
Construction begin	1899

Layton Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Coordinates	40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W / 40.08917; -79.73028Coordinates: 40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W / 40.08917; -79.73028
Built	1899
Architect	Taylor & Romine, Roberts,A & P,Co.
Architectural style	Pratt truss
NRHP Reference #	88000840
Added to NRHP	1988

The Layton Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge over the Youghiogheny River, originally built for the Washington Run Railroad,construction began 1893 and it was completed in 1899. The last train crossed in 1931. It was converted to automotive use in 1933, and connects Layton, Pennsylvania with Perryopolis, Pennsylvania via a one-lane tunnel, near the suspected location of the eighteenth century Spark's Fort.

The bridge has not been painted in recent years and its members are now corroded.

Builder's plate.
Layton Bridge in Winter 2009-2010.
Corrosion.

Arts and Media

The bridge was filmed as part of "Fire in the Hole", the pilot episode of the television series "Justified", and was seen in the movie The Silence of the Lambs.^[1]

References

↑ Forbes, Chelsea (10 June 2009). "Layton Bridge to close for filming". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Tribune-Review Publishing Company). Retrieved June 20, 2009.

External links

National Register nomination form

Bridges of the Youghiogheny River

Upstream
Dawson Bridge

PA 819

Layton Bridge

Downstream
Banning Railroad Bridge
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway

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