![]() The largest concentration of stone arch bridges are located in the southeastern Pennsylvania, among them the Frankford Avenue bridge in Philadelphia. Those that were demolished were in poor condition or were deemed too narrow to accommodate school buses, farm equipment or emergency vehicles, PennDOT says. Today 363 stone arch bridges remain, according to PennDOT, but two decades ago there were close to 500 statewide. Pennsylvania has a rich history of stone arch bridges, the oldest surviving one dates to the 17th century, shortly after William Penn received the land grants from King Charles II to establish the colony. “I have no idea why they are tearing it down,” said Christianson. Through the decades the family enjoyed fishing and frolicking in the bubbling creek below their home. Over the years, four generations of Christiansons woke up each morning to picture postcard views of the bridge adjacent to their Syner Road property. PennDOT contractors were beginning to demolish the triple arch bridge, built around 1880 to carry horses and buggies over the Quittapahilla Creek. George Christianson stood on the lawn of the bucolic property in Annville he bought 60 years ago and watched a backhoe rip apart the sycamore trees alongside the old stone arch bridge. The bridge spans the Quittaphilla Creek in Lebanon County. A nearly 150-year-old stone masonry arch bridge on Syner Road, at the border of North Londonderry and North Annville townships, is being replaced by PennDOT. George Christianson had land (now owned by his son) adjacent to the bridge, and has tried to get PennDOT to preserve the bridge rather than replace it. Now, it’s time to find better ways to interact with you and ensure we meet your high standards of what a credible media organization should be. Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website.The days of journalism’s one-way street of simply producing stories for the public have long been over. ![]() The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time. This cookie is used by the website's WordPress theme. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. This cookie is set by Heap Analytics, and is a Session properties cookie (stores timestamp and cookie domain/path) This is a user cookie set by Heap Analytics and is used to store user id, identity, other ids. This cookie is set by Heap Analytics and is used to determine which domain a cookie can be set on (since public suffix domains block setting cookies on the top level) This cookie is set by Heap Analytics, to store and track user interactions. This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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