Layton Bridge

	Layton Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W
Built	1899
Architect	Taylor & Romine, Roberts, A & P, Co.
Architectural style	Pratt truss
NRHP reference No.	88000840
Added to NRHP	1988

Layton Bridge
Layton Bridge
Coordinates	40°5′21″N 79°43′49″W / 40.08917°N 79.73028°W
Carries	Layton Road (SR 4038), originally Washington Run Railroad
Crosses	Youghiogheny River
Locale	Perry Township
Heritage status	NRHP
Characteristics
Design	through truss Pratt truss
Material	Steel
Width	14.3 feet (4.36 m) (single lane)
Longest span	181 feet (55.2 m)
History
Designer	Taylor & Romine
Construction start	1899; 125 years ago
Location

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.

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

Builder's plate.
Layton Bridge in Winter 2009–2010.
Corrosion.

In popular culture

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] The Layton Bridge was also featured in the 2021 movie Sweet Girl.^[2]

References

^ Forbes, Chelsea (10 June 2009). "Layton Bridge to close for filming". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
^ "Where was Sweet Girl filmed? Filming Locations Guide". Atlas of Wonders. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

External links

Media related to Layton Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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

[2] "Where was Sweet Girl filmed? Filming Locations Guide". Atlas of Wonders. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

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