The Longest Bridge of its Kind in The United States

[@buzzbee63]

This bridge was also known as the Tiadaghton Elm bridge,as that famous tree stood just off the western end of the bridge.

[@jeffs5093]

That is an amazing bridge, and in such great shape. I'm happy they had it taken apart and restored. Great video, thank you

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you like it!

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome beautiful unique bridge! Thanks for sharing it with us!👍

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

It is a nice looking bridge.

[@johnsiscoe7400]

What a beauty it’s nice to see an 1889 bridge still in use

[@tooge47]

for some 14 1/2 years, the love of my life and I traveled LOTS of backroads in east TN / western NC on motorcycles, precious memories which will carry me to heaven. Old bridges, grist mills, we saw it all, took the time to stop and take LOTS of pics, which is all I have today

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

You lived a good life.

[@tooge47]

@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 ready to go to heaven

[@lynnkierakilenaearna8844]

Chiming in on growing up there and riding my bike down River Rd and across it many times. Thank you so much for this vid! Good to see the mountains and Pine Creek again. Awhile ago I visited JS for the first time in ages and took my husband and kids to see my favorite bridge. I was heartbroken to find it gone--it had been taken down due to damage and its future was unknown. SO happy to see this video and see that it was restored.(Riding across the grate and seeing the river down below used to always freak me out a little as a kid. :)

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you liked the video!

[@johnsiscoe7400]

I am definitely the type that explores the Main streets and back roads of America!!

[@Sal834]

Great photography! The drone was a great choice. Yet another great video and bridge, thanks Satoli!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Thanks! Glad you like the video.

[@aaronschulte3207]

a beautiful bridge. thank you ❤

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

You're welcome!

[@richardross7219]

Nice video. There are still a few more of those Lenticular Truss bridges around but that is the only one that I know of that carries vehicles. There is one on the Appalachian Trail in PA and there used to be a couple in eastern CT. The advantage of the lenticular truss was that it saved about 10% in materials compared to a standard truss. In those days, the materials were the majority of the costs. Good Luck, Rick

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Glad you liked the video!

[@jackwalsh1468]

Satoli, another great video and history lesson. Truly appreciated and thank you. Cheers, Mate.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Your happiness is my goal! :)

[@deanross4090]

Beautiful bridge.

[@mrbr549]

Great bridge! Unbelievable the difference in what a dollar is worth today compared to those days.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

The amount of money is pretty amazing.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Thank you! 😊 That is a fantastic historic bridge! I appreciate your GPS coordinates in your video description as well as your excellent photography (videography?) introduction music and narration. 👍 Hmm ... I wonder how a place in the middle of Pennsylvania got the name Jersey Shore ??? (subscribed)

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

You know, that's a great question about how the town got its name.

[@lynnkierakilenaearna8844]

And regarding the Tiadaghton Elm. The story of the signing is a legend/folklore, there are no records of it happening, and the tree itself fell 40 years or so shy when it was aged of even being a wee sapling in 1776.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

OK, thanks!

[@Daffmikeron]

Yes, I now wanna go to Pennsylvania to see some of the great bridges there! Thanx Satoli!! (Great Video)

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Definitely make the trip. Pennsylvania is littered with cool bridges.

[@pauldenu]

More covered bridges than any other state, though they tend to be “less unique” than other states. Many are very similar. Still great!

[@craigshaffer5272]

If you do go and visit this bridge, about 50 feet on the South Avis side, you'll find another sign with even greater history. Underneath the Tiadaghton Elm tree, which has been taken down, you'll find a plaque where the Fair Play Men declared independence from England without knowledge of the actual Declaration being signed in Philadelphia at the same time (July 4, 1776).

[@mrstacyj9496]

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" Endymion by John Keats

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Absolutely!

[@earthlingjohn]

Interesting design, thank you for this video 👍

[@craigshaffer5272]

Never knew the history of this bridge growing up. Never knew the history of the tree beside it when I was growing up. It was a great bridge to swim at. It was a great tree to find shade under. It was a great place to party before graduation. Fourty years later, I find the bridge is famous and the tree, which is long gone, is even more famous. You just heard about the bridge. Now look up the Tiadaghton Elm and you'll find july 4, 1776.

[@lynnkierakilenaearna8844]

From what I understand, when they counted the rings of the elm when it died/was taken down, it wasn't old enough to have been stood under back then, or even beside it. BUT, nonetheless, the tree was beautiful and a very neat story.

[@craigshaffer5272]

@@lynnkierakilenaearna8844 Not sure who did the ring counting, when the counting was done, or how accurate the ring counting was. Is all I know, is when I was making out under that elm on July 4, 1976, the tree was huge and the girl was wonderful.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Thanks!

[@arts.4014]

Satolli, you're working your way east! Cool! Hopefully you'll see the ones in upper NYS or the spectacular bright white double span in central NJ. Separatelly, the math of period cost translated to today's dollars, while correct according to economists, doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I find a simpler estimation of equivalence is using the old gold standard - back then a $20 coin was just short of an ounce of gold. For simple math, if you set $20 = 1 ounce back then and one once = $2,000 today $14,480 then is the equivalent of $1,448,000 today, which makes a bit more sense for a structure like this (still inexpensive, given what it is).

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Yes, I'd love to do videos in NY & NJ.

[@DukeLP]

Very interesting history on this bridge. My friends and family have always referred to this bridge as "The Tiadaghton bridge", so add that to the list of names!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Why the "Tiadaghton Bridge"? Just curious.

[@DukeLP]

@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 Because there's another piece of history right there too. The Tiadaghton Elm. www.google.com/maps/place/Tiadaghton+Elm,+Jersey+Shore,+PA+17740/@41.1799677,-77.2788607,17z

[@DukeLP]

@historyinyourownbackyard2363 Because there is another piece of history right there too. The Tiadaghton Elm. There is a historical landmark sign just south of the bridge. The Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy website has a page on their website that mentions the bridge, and shows both the sign and the bridge in the same picture.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

OK, thanks! @@DukeLP

[@rebeccajones4stories]

I used to ride my bike across this bridge to go to Avis for ice cream at Dairy Queen. Favorite swimming hole was at this bridge. I no longer live there, it's so good to know it's still there, in operation. So cool!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

This is one of the coolest bridges I've ever shot.

[@craigshaffer5272]

Not sure exactly where you're coming from or time frame you grew up in, but going across the Silver Bridge to get from Jersey Shore to the DQ in Avis seems like you're taking the long route. Pre Black Bridge generations would just cut up the dirt road to Martins Gas Station and hit the main road to Avis. If I was to cross the Silver Bridge going to the DQ, I'ld cut up into South Avis and go under 220 by the Steel Mill in thru the back streets of Avis.

[@rebeccajones4stories]

@@craigshaffer5272 I know where I rode my bike. If you are riding River Road, you ride up little hills I nicknamed "Bismark's Wars," then two hills I called "World War 1 and World War 2." And there's the bridge. You go across the bridge, where the Tiadaughton Elm used to be. You end up going past the Steel Mill to get to Dairy Queen that way. I know about the Quarry. That's the road that turns right right before the silver bridge. I know which direction I rode my bike to go to Avis.

[@lynnkierakilenaearna8844]

@@rebeccajones4stories I loved riding my bike down those hills on River rd! Clocked myself at 23mph once! :)

[@craigshaffer5272]

@@rebeccajones4stories Didn't say you didn't know where you rode your bike. In my days, when the road by the black bridge and beach up to Martins gas station were open, the silver bridge was the longest route from anywhere in jersey Shore to Avis. Even if you took the short cut up by the steel mill thru the drainage tunnels under 220, it was still the longest route. According to what you said, you took the river road up past Doblers and under the RR tracks to turn left heading into Avis. You could of cut 5 miles off your trip crossing the black bridge.

[@stevedawson4781]

Wow! I drive over that bridge several times a week but never thought about the history. Thanks

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

It's a beautiful bridge you have in your area!

[@craigshaffer5272]

Since you drive over it several time a week, look for the plaque about 50 feet off the South Avis side that has the real history.

[@aaronschulte3207]

i call those bridges " singing bridges "

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

YES!!!

[@Mr_badjoke]

We have a metal gate bridge back in Cinci. Where I grew up over the Ohio River. I heard once that the grate size is/was such that you could drop a Coke can thru it! ... I've never been up & tested it tho myself so🤷🤙

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Are you talking about the Roebling Suspension Bridge?

[@Mr_badjoke]

@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 that may be the one. It used to have a humming effect when you drove on it my mother always felt uncomfortable about it. I haven't been there in yrs but there was a whole lot of em across that span of the ohio

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

@@Mr_badjoke Here's the video I did on that bridge: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXKamaeNZq2WgMk

[@TheDroneGeek]

Loved the video, Satolli! Great work and thanks again for featuring a piece of my home on your channel!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

Thanks for the help!!!

[@joeanderson9852]

👏👍

[@Funsho97]

That is such a nice looking bridge and it is good to know that it was completely taken apart and refurbished which tells me that the people there enjoy having some "History In Their Own Backyard", see what I did there? 😂 Good job Satolli!!!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

That was pretty slick what you did! LOL!

[@craigshaffer5272]

Not only is this bridge history in our own back yard. 50 feet from the bridge, you'll find another sign that corresponds with the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, PA. On July 4, 1776, the Fair Play Men declared independence from England without knowledge of the actual Declaration being signed in Philadelphia at the same time. The tree no longer stands, but the bridge where I used to swim at and drank my first hard liqueur at still stands.

[@jayjaynella4539]

Your figures just show how much the US $ has been deflated by government printing of fiat currency, which is different from money.

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

You're exactly right.

[@meandthemrs7403]

What happened to Suzy? She was much better looking.

[@edthesun]

I gree!!

[@historyinyourownbackyard2363]

What if I put on some makeup and let my hair grow out, would that help? :)

[@meandthemrs7403]

@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 UUUHH I don't think so. We'll watch anyway.