Colossus Bridge (other)
Colossus Bridge may refer to: * Colossus Bridge (Philadelphia), a former bridge across the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia * ''Colossus Bridge'' (video game), a 1986 card video game {{Disambiguation ...
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Colossus Bridge (Philadelphia)
The Colossus Bridge – also known as Fairmount Bridge, Colossus of Fairmount or Upper Ferry Bridge (and formally as the Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge) – was a record-setting timber bridge across the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. It was built in 1812 by Louis Wernwag, and was considered his finest bridge design. It had a clear span of and the longest single-span wooden truss to be erected in the United States as well as the first long span bridge to use iron rods. Caption of the 1823 engraving shown at right: THE UPPER FERRY BRIDGE.Over the River Schuylkill near Morris street in the County of Philadelphia, chord of arch 340 feet, whole extent of Bridge 400 feet, rise of Arch 20 feet, elevation above water 30 feet, the span is greater by 98 feet than that of any other Bridge known, the Construction is in general new, the principle invented by Lewis Wernwag, who was afsisted in the execution by Jos.h Johnson, general design by Rob.t Mills, Architect. The bridge was ...
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