What a way to get Wrought Iron CHEAP !!!!
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has 14 old iron bridges for sale cheap !
Wish I lived closer I'd buy one right now ...
Cultural Resourcess

think my neighbors might complain

Id also be careful to ascertain how much is wrought and how much might be cast

It would be nice if a group of Blacksmith or like minded people could purchase the old bridges of the country and stock the wrought iron for other smiths to use.

The purchaser will be required to relocate, rehabilitate and maintain the structure in accordance with the guidelines in the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings" (US Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1983).

Bummer. I think they might get upset if you just start cutting it up.

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EXTACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! I would buy one also (depending i had enouh $$$GREEN$$$)

Usually just the supports of the bridge are cast . .as cast iron does well under compression. the majority is wrought :D

Jens, I gotta tell ya I get nervous WALKING over the foot bridge in Bentensport sometimes. Ted, "Old age and treachery overcomes youth and Skill " thats my story and I'm stickin to it. In reality, I thing the bridge would perhaps be a combination of all 3 ( wrought, steel and cast ).