Mulberry Street Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:	Mulberry Street Bridge
Carries:	Motor vehicles and pedestrians
Crosses:	Cameron Street, Paxton Creek
Locale:	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.2612°N -76.875°W
Open:	1907-09 rehabilitated 1957

The Mulberry Street Bridge is an American concrete arch bridge that spans Cameron Street and Paxton Creek in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

History and architectural features

This bridge is the second to be constructed at the current site to connect the Allison Hill neighborhood of East Harrisburg to Downtown. It replaced an iron and fire-prone, wood-decked structure erected in 1891, which was heralded as a unifier of a "Greater Harrisburg."^[1] The concrete replacement bridge that was built in 1909 was a marvel at the time, and is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visitors Guide to Downtown Harrisburg. 2004. City of Harrisburg. harrisburgpa.gov. 2006-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070314153618/http://www.harrisburgpa.gov/visitors/centerCity/centralBusiness2.html . 2007-03-14.
2. Web site: Mulberry Street Ramp Bridge. 2006. James. Baughn. Historic Bridges of the United States. 2006-12-23.