Bridge in Portage Township

PA 53 over Bens Creek, Oil City, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Cambria.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 22, 1988. NRIS 88000782.

Part of Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR (NRIS 64000726).

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Bridge in Portage Township is a historic stone arch bridge located at Portage Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Allegheny Portage Railroad in 1832, and is an 18-foot-long (5.5 m) bridge, with a semi-circular arch. It is built of coursed ashlar and crosses Bens Creek.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992490