This wrought iron bowstring truss bridge has served three homes. Historic newspaper articles and photographs suggest it was originally built in 1878 to cross the Schuylkill Canal in Palo Alto. In 1893, the County dismantled and moved it for reuse over the Schuylkill River in Mount Carbon, less than a mile from its original location. In 1926, a new bridge bypassed it and the truss remained in place until 1974, when the Schuylkill County Municipal Authority purchased it to carry a water line over the river, giving it a renewed purpose for the next 49 years. In 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation partnered with the authority and Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area to relocate the bridge again. One hundred thirty years after its move to Mount Carbon, it was dismantled and rehabilitated to carry the Schuylkill River Trail over Mill Creek in 2023. One of only three remaining bowstring trusses in Pennsylvania, it reflects the state's important role in American bridge-building history. Its arched top chord, straight bottom chord, and connecting vertical and diagonal members work together in compression and tension to form a sturdy structure. Preservation focused on retaining, repairing, or recreating features such as the chords, members, connections, and decorative bracing between trusses, while replacing beyond-repair parts in kind where possible and adding a metal lattice railing and lightweight deck.