The Hunter Station Bridge is a

truss bridge 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 ...

that carries U.S. Route 62 (US 62) across the

Allegheny River The Allegheny River ( ) is a long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into ...

in rural Tionesta Township in

Forest County, Pennsylvania Forest County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,973, making it the third-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Tionesta. The county was created in 1848 and later o ...

. The structure was named for a railroad stop on the long defunct Ridgway & Oil City Railroad. The bridge features an unusual design, in which the roadway is built into the middle of the truss, as opposed to the bottom of the structure. This was done to prevent flooding from submerging the highway, which was relatively common before the upstream construction of the

Kinzua Dam The Kinzua Dam, on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania, is one of the largest dams in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is located within the Allegheny National Forest. The dam is located east of Warren, Pennsy ...

. In 1971, the bridge was reconstructed, several years after the completion of the dam.

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Historic Bridges
{{coord, 41.472246, -79.500142, display=title Bridges over the Allegheny River Bridges completed in 1934 Road bridges in Pennsylvania U.S. Route 62 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System Truss bridges in the United States Transportation buildings and structures in Forest County, Pennsylvania 1934 establishments in Pennsylvania

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