Maclay's Twin Bridge (East) is a historic multi-span stone
arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its structural load, loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either si ...
spanning a tributary of
Conodoguinet Creek between
Lurgan Township and
Southampton Township in
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Franklin County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 155,932. Its county seat is Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Cha ...
. It is a bridge, with two spans each measuring long. It was constructed in 1827 and is a twin of
McClay's Twin Bridge (West).
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The bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1988.
See also
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
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Maclay's Mill
References
External links
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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Bridges completed in 1827
Bridges in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
1827 establishments in Pennsylvania
Stone arch bridges in the United States
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