The Trevorton Bridge was an uncovered wooden truss bridge that crossed the

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. It was erected between

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in Northumberland County and Port Trevorton in

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. The bridge was long, with a trestle crossing White Island in the middle of the river. It was originally built in 1854 as a railroad bridge by the Susquehanna & Union Bridge Co., later a subsidiary of the Trevorton and Susquehanna Railroad and, in September 1855, the bridge was adapted for use as a road bridge as well as for trains. The bridge was most often used to cross the Susquehanna by

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. The continuous crossing of cattle endangered the already weakened bridge (weakened from

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in the bark the pine used to construct the bridge). The bridge was eventually dismantled in 1870 for fear that it would collapse.

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Bridges over the Susquehanna River Road bridges in Pennsylvania Bridges in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Bridges in Snyder County, Pennsylvania Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania Truss bridges in the United States Bridges completed in 1854 1854 establishments in Pennsylvania 1870 disestablishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub

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