Layton Bridge
The Layton Bridge and Tunnel is one of those bridges you hold your breath while you cross it. Single-lane tunnel - dark, no lights - followed by a one-lane rickety old bridge into a wooded curve where you are not sure if and where another vehicle may be. It is a relic of an old railroad bridge converted to vehicular traffic, and it is soon going away. The Layton Bridge and Tunnel is an over 125-year-old structure that connects Perryopolis to the Village of Layton and crosses the Youghiogheny River. Originally, both were part of the Washington Run Railroad, a branch line of the Baltimore & Ohio that ran from Layton to Star Junction via Perryopolis. It is the bridge that gets you to Linden Hall, and on dark nights, you hope the other cars have their lights on. The unique Pratt-through truss, where the roadway runs through the middle of the truss structure, compared to most Pratt trusses, where the roadway runs along the bottom. ( Pennsylvania Department o...