PIKE — When the Pratt Truss Bridge was showing its age, demolition was just one of the options. But a better solution was found for the old span that used to be located in Cowlesville.

This would mark the first time that a such pin replacement has been performed on the steel Pratt-truss bridge linking the two towns. It also would be the first time that such a repair has been ...

In 1887, a single-span Pratt truss bridge over the Manitowoc River on Green Bay Road, south of the village of Manitowoc Rapids, was built by the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee.

According to the nomination, the bridge exemplifies the Pratt Truss design, patented in 1844 by Caleb and Thomas Pratt, which became the most famous bridge type in America by the late 19th century.

"This would mark the first time that a such pin replacement has been performed on the steel Pratt-truss bridge linking New Hope and Lambertville," the commission added. "It also would mark the ...

Veterans Memorial opened to traffic in 1930 and is the fifth bridge across the river at this location. It replaced a steel pratt truss bridge which was built in 1897. Get daily news, weather ...

ITS TYPE BEING A PRATT THROUGH TRUSS BRIDGE, OR BRIDGE FORMED WITH SOME TYPE OF TRIANGULAR UNIT. PLANS CALL FOR THE BRIDGE TO BEGIN TO BE TAKEN APART IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER AND REPLACED WITH A ...

I think it is well worth doing.” The bridge is a Pratt-Truss bridge, meaning it has a saw-tooth pattern on the truss. The bridge was built by El Paso Bridge and Iron Co. Montgomery County ...