Dunlap's Creek Bridge

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Dunlap's Creek Bridge was the first cast iron, metal arch bridge in the United States and was designed and built by Richard Delafield. It was constructed 1836-39 on the National Road in Brownsville, Pennsylvania and remains in use today. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

[edit] See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dunlap’s Creek Bridge: Historical Marker Database
• The First Cast Iron Bridge: Historical Marker Database
• Dunlap's Creek Bridge: History and Heritage of Civil Engineering
• Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey