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Frehn Bridge, also known as Huntingdon County Bridge No. 1, was a historic
Pratt truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
spanning Sideling Hill Creek and located at Springfield Township,
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Huntingdon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,092. Its county seat is Huntingdon. The county was created on September 20, 1787, mainly from the northern part of Bedford Count ...
. It was built in 1890, and measured in length and had a timber deck. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1990. The bridge has been demolished and replaced with a modern structure.


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HAER Engineering in Huntingdon County
{{NRHP bridges Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1890 Bridges in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Pratt truss bridges in the United States Metal bridges in the United States