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Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Bridges & railways

Allen Bridge on Allen Bridge Road

The Trunk in the Water at Allen Bridge

State aerial of the Allen Bridge road crossing over green water between wooded banks.
Aerial view

History & local legend

Allen Bridge in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, is known locally for a woman-in-white story. But the experience one visitor described in May 2009 involved an object in the water rather than a person on the bridge.

The visitor and friends saw what looked like an old trunk floating toward them against the current. When one friend moved left or right along the bank, the object seemed to follow; when she stopped, it stopped too. The group did not get close enough to identify it. They had heard the bridge's apparition story but said they had not seen the woman themselves.

Sources

  1. StrangeUSA, Allen Bridge, firsthand account of camping and the floating trunk, May 2009
  2. The Shadowlands, Indiana, Allen Bridge, lady-in-white tradition
  3. PennDOT, Cherryhill Township road map naming Allen Bridge Road
  4. Named Allen Bridge, Cherryhill Township
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Visiting

Road crossing over the water.

Image credit

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and NV5 Geospatial, Cycle 2 orthophotography, via Penn State PASDA · License