Tohickon Aqueduct, Delaware Canal National Landmark and State Park, Point Pleasant, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Towpath
Watered Aqueduct Western Elevation

The Tohickon Aqueduct is an extraordinary timber bridge that carries the Delaware Canal State Park waterway and towpath over the Tohickon Creek.
SC secured multiple grant awards to fund the design and engineering of the timber superstructure by a SC team in coordination with PA DCNR and DEP.

To learn more about the Aqueduct, visit the USDA Forest Service web site; the American Society of Landscape Architects–Awards page; or read about the National Timber Bridge Award in the Press Release from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Camelback Truss Bridge, Virginia Forrest Area State Park, Delaware Canal, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Original Camelback Bridge Design
Modern Timber Camelback Bridge
SC worked with the Friends of the Delaware Canal to secure funding to design a modern timber Camelback bridge and then teamed with a structural engineer in cooperation with PA DCNR engineers to produce the bridge construction documents for a true timber Camelback truss bridge that can carry 20-ton loads over the historic waterway. The new Camelback set the “context sensitive” design standard for bridges in this historic state park by re-establishing timber as the primary structural material.

Forty Food Road Bridge, Towamencin Village, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
At Left:
Plan View – Towamencin Village

Bridge Concept Sketch – initial phase
Bridge concept sketch with village built out
Bridge elevation and section with deck and planters
Simone Collins Landscape Architecture – Designer
McMahon Associates Inc. – Transportation / Civil Engineers
QBS International, Inc. – Structural Engineers
GeoStructures Inc. – Geotechnical Engineers
RoadCon Inc. – Contractor

   
       
             
The Forty Foot Road Pedestrian Bridge is designed with a simple Art Deco motif that is integral to the structure. The bridge spans a newly widened and depressed Forty Foot Road at the center of the developing Towamencin Village in Montgomery County, PA. The Towamencin Village plan was authored by SC and emphasizes inter-modal transportation, high-density mixed-use development, pedestrian access, and open space for a new village center within an existing suburban community.

Linn Run Bridges, Forbes State Forest, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Installation
SC worked with the Loyalhanna Watershed Association and the PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry to prepare a Mountain Bike Trail Master Plan and to design and construct twin hemlock kingpost truss trail bridges along the historic grade of the PW&S Railroad in Forbes State Forest

Link to State Park

Link to info about the bridges

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Opening
At left:
Handcrafted Timber Trail Bridges