The Layton Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge over the

Youghiogheny River The Youghiogheny River , or the Yough (pronounced Yok ) for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. s ...

Layton, Pennsylvania Layton is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. History Layton is the former site of a large brickworks, due to local deposits of flint clay. It was also here that the Washington Run Railroad connected to the B&O Rail ...

. Originally built for the Washington Run Railroad, construction began 1893 and was completed in 1899. The last train crossed in 1931. The bridge and a tunnel immediately to its south were converted to a single automobile lane in 1933 as part of a road that connects Layton with

Perryopolis Perryopolis is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The borough is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 1,705 at the 2020 census. History George Washington purchased here when land first became available. He visit ...

, 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. File:Layton-bridge-nplt.jpg,

Builder's plate A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to railway locomotives and rolling stock, bogies, construction equipment, trucks, automobiles, large household appliances, bridges, ships and more. It gives such information as the name of ...

. File:Layton bridge current.jpg, Layton Bridge in Winter 2009–2010. File:see-thru_steel....jpg, 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. The Layton Bridge was also featured in the 2021 movie Sweet Girl.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1899 Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Former railway bridges in the United States 1899 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Bridges over the Youghiogheny River Steel bridges in the United States Pratt truss bridges in the United States {{FayetteCountyPA-NRHP-stub