Market Street Bridge, Harrisburg, PA
Revitalization
The Market Street Bridge in Harrisburg, PA was constructed in 1926 to span the Susquehanna River. Designed and built by Modjeski & Masters, designers of the Trans-Bay Bridge in San Francisco and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, the lighting that remained after a 1974 repair project was left to fall into disrepair until a downtown revitalization project identified the Market Street Bridge as a key gateway to the city.
National Register of Historic Places
The challenge of creating an attractive, pedestrial-friendly path to entice visitors to Island City was further complicated by th
e overlapping concerns of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (the bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places), and Penn DOT, whose primary concern is highway safety.
With the support of Crenshaw Lighting, who acted as the historic lighting restorer on the project, the original fixtures were restored/recreated with some modern features. - LD+A, March 2006 |
Restoration
Crenshaw Lighting restored or recreated 5 fixture types for the Market Street Bridge Project. Each type required unique lamping strategies to meet the demands of the lighting design.
The original monumental lanterns featured here were completely stripped and repainted with marine grade paint. Laminated glass panels incorporated tempered glass for safety, an inner frosted layer to diffuse and mix the light from the new 85W induction lamps, and rippled decorative glass to maintain the historic appearance.
