06/19/2026
Metrotrails Then and Now Series: Two scenes, both on our hikes, ten years apart, in Lancaster County PA, in 2013 and 2023.
The Loop Road Bridge over the Pequea Creek was seen along the route of the Conestoga Trail where it follows Pequea Creek Road. The bridge was removed after being closed for some time, and never replaced.
This bridge is interesting not for its antiquity, but for the fact that it was a very late example of this type of pony truss bridge, built in 1940.
The metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss spanned the main part of the Pequea Creek, and a second through girder span was on the east side.
The Conestoga Trail follows along the Pequea Creek, as well as the Conestoga River and its tributaries, the Cocalico Creek and the Hammer Creek connecting the Horse-Shoe Trail to the Mason-Dixon Trail in a distance of over sixty miles.
