Layton Bridge

The Layton Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge over the Youghiogheny River in Layton, Pennsylvania. 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, near the suspected location of the eighteenth-century Spark's Fort.

Layton Bridge
Coordinates40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W
CarriesLayton Road (SR 4038), originally Washington Run Railroad
CrossesYoughiogheny River
LocalePerry Township
Heritage statusNRHP
Characteristics
Designthrough truss Pratt truss
MaterialSteel
Width14.3 feet (4.36 m) (single lane)
Longest span181 feet (55.2 m)
History
DesignerTaylor & Romine
Construction start1899
Location
Layton Bridge
Coordinates40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W
Built1899
ArchitectTaylor & Romine, Roberts, A & P, Co.
Architectural stylePratt truss
NRHP reference No.88000840
Added to NRHP1988

The bridge has not been painted in recent years and its members are now corroded.

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.[1]

References
  1. Forbes, Chelsea (10 June 2009). "Layton Bridge to close for filming". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Retrieved June 20, 2009.

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