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Parshallburg Bridge was as eight-panel structure with a length of 140 feet (43 m) and a deck width of 17.8 feet (5.4 m) sitting on rubble fieldstone abutments. The bridge's end and upper chords are constructed from parallel channels riveted to cover plates above and lattice bars below.
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