1938 Pennsylvania Bridge Small Town Less Than 300 People Railroad Train

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In downtown Coburn, Pennsylvania you’ll find this well maintained Parker Pony Truss Bridge spanning Penns Creek on Route 2011. The bridge was built in 1938 and rehabbed in 1974. The bridge is about 119 feet long and according to local stats it services about 550 vehicles per day. However with Coburn only having a population of 236 people, I doubt if the bridge even sees 200 vehicles per day.
The town flourished when the Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad was in operation but when the railroad closed in the early 1970s, Coburn slowed down quite a bit. Large homes line the main street and I’m not sure if they were built that way for families or if they were boarding houses back in the day. I think I’ll have to do a video on the history of the town at some point in the future.
GPS Location: 40º51'45.3"N 77º27'48.2"W

[@musclecarmitch908]

Beautiful old bridge! Great to see it still in use! Hope it gets to stay around for years to come! Thanks for sharing!👍

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you liked it!

[@jeffs5093]

That bridge is in good shape. A video of the town history would be great.

[@bananabob2185]

What a lovely town!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

It is a nice little town out in the middle of nowhere.

[@samfinn487]

Looking forward to the future video on this beautiful little town. God bless.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

It will be awhile. Even if I shot the video today, I have a 5 year backlog of videos to edit.

[@samfinn487]

🙂👍@@historyinyourownbackyard2363

[@aaronschulte3207]

Clean little town

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Yes, it is a very clean town.

[@runningintohistory]

Cool video! I have family in Coburn. Always look forward to visiting that area.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you liked it!

[@aaronschulte3207]

Thank - you❤

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

You're welcome.

[@jackwalsh1468]

Satolli, a very enjoyable episode. Happy New Year to your team and you, too. Cheers, Mate.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you liked it and Happy New Year to you too!

[@Daffmikeron]

Another bridge video? Satoli, you speak my language! A+ + + + +

[@indy6781]

nice little video, loved the guitar music!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you liked it.

[@joeanderson9852]

❤

[@dadidee]

The bridge was rehabbed again in 2023.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Thanks for the information! I didn't know that.

[@campermike8879]

Had one similar to this down the road from my house till about 10 years ago Miss it Send another list of bridges in my are in a reply email Hope you got it Will work on another list once I know your are getting them

[@notfakenewsofpa386]

Who owns this bridge Penn Dot or the county?

[@420SM]

Most likely the county…

[@derekbutts1782]

Man i thought it was conneautville

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Where is that located?

[@derekbutts1782]

@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 northwest Pennsylvania. The one angle on the beginning of the video had me fooled . Thanks for the videos

[@ocsrc]

I bet there are a lot of ghosts in those old buildings

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

I think you're right!