From staff reports
PennDOT has completed repairs to the historic bridge that carries Petroleum Center Road (Route 1004) over Oil Creek in Cornplanter Township, and it is now open to pedestrians and bicyclists.
The Petroleum Center Bridge is located within Oil Creek State Park near the intersection with Russell Corners Road.
With parking lots available on both sides of the bridge, the reopening will reconnect visitors to all the amenities at the heart of the park without the need to drive the detour.
In spring 2023, further inspections were conducted, and plans were created that would allow the bridge to be reopened to non-motorized users.
Bollards were then installed on the roadway at both ends of the structure to prohibit vehicles from using the crossing.
The bridge will remain closed to motorized vehicles until further repairs can be made. A construction contract for work needed to reopen the bridge to vehicles is tentatively scheduled to be awarded in 2026.
A motorized vehicle detour is posted using Route 8, Route 227, State Park Road and Petroleum Center Road.
The single-lane steel through truss bridge was built in 1884 and was rehabilitated in 1984.
