Suspension Bridges Crossing Kiskiminetas River

This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Kiskiminetas River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1920: Hyde Park Walking

Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA - Kiskiminetas River
Bridgemeister ID:5842 (added 2021-05-13)
Year Completed:1920
Name:Hyde Park Walking
Location:Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Kiskiminetas River
Coordinates:N 40.627771 W 79.597369
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:John A. Roebling's Sons
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, March 17, 1936
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Spans:3

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1937: Hyde Park Walking

Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA - Kiskiminetas River
Bridgemeister ID:5843 (added 2021-05-13)
Year Completed:1937
Name:Hyde Park Walking
Location:Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Kiskiminetas River
Coordinates:N 40.627834 W 79.596774
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Removed, c. 1948-1950
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Spans:3

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1950: Hyde Park

Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA - Kiskiminetas River
Bridgemeister ID:776 (added 2003-03-15)
Year Completed:1950
Name:Hyde Park
Also Known As:Walking
Location:Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Kiskiminetas River
Coordinates:N 40.627633 W 79.59835
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
References:VND20050116
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Spans:1 x 47.5 meters (156 feet) estimated,
1 x 48.8 meters (160 feet) estimated,
1 x 47.9 meters (157 feet) estimated

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Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell Photo by Guy Learn Photo by Wayne Grodkiewicz Photo by David Denenberg

(suspension bridge)

Apollo, Pennsylvania, USA - Kiskiminetas River
Bridgemeister ID:4928 (added 2020-07-28)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Apollo, Pennsylvania, USA
Crossing:Kiskiminetas River
Use:Vehicular
Status:Collapsed, February, 1884
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • Many American newspapers carried a brief story on February 29, 1884 or March 1, 1884 noting the failure of a wire suspension bridge at Apollo that sent two men and their horses into the river, killing one man and drowning the horses. The accounts are all similar, but with various misspellings and slight inconsistencies. From a Dakota Territory newspaper: "A wire bridge spanning the Kiskaminet river at Apollo, Pa., parted immediately over the pier in the middle of the river, and went down with a crash. William Henderson and Harry Yeneins were crossing the rivor with a load of sheet iron, and were thrown into the river. Henderson escaped with a cold bath, but Yenkins and the two horses were drowned." A Kansas newspaper: "A wire bridge spanning the Kiskamingo river, at Apollo, Pa., parted its wire cables on Tuesday, immediately over the pier in the middle of the river, and went down with a crash. Wm. Henderson and Harry Jenkins who were crossing with a loaded team, were thrown into the river. Jenkins and tho two horses were drowned."


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