Category Archives: Bridges

Area bridges, footbridges and bicycle bridges relevant to the Broad Ford project.

Jacobs Creek Finley Bridge

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Karen

There is additional background information on the Internet about the nation’s first modern suspension bridge, which was designed and built across Jacobs Creek by James Finley in 1801.  Two YouTube videos by CB Bridges tell the story, the first giving details of … Continue reading →

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Jacobs Creek (1801) – First Modern Suspension Bridge

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Karen

Flickr photographer Suspensionstayed wrote to me about America’s very first modern suspension bridge, which “was built in 1801 across Jacobs Creek on the road from Connellsville to Mt. Pleasant in an area now known as Iron Bridge, just east of Scottdale.”  … Continue reading →

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Suspension Bridges

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Karen

During a recent search for Broad Ford references, I came across the photography of Suspensionstayed on Flickr. He has a great compendium of photos showing the details of suspension bridges found all over the world. Bridge #841 details the remains of the … Continue reading →

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