Hogback Road at Hermitage

Pennsylvania · United States · Bridge

The same road appears twice on this map. This listing carries the harder claims: that the Klan used it, and that people were killed under the bridge.

This is the Hermitage end of Hogback Road in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and it is the same road listed separately further along. The two entries carry different claims, which is worth knowing before treating either as independent evidence.

What is said here is that the area was and is used by the Klan, and that people were killed beneath the bridge.

Neither claim has any source behind it beyond repetition, and both belong to a category that was attached to isolated rural roads across the northern states in the 1980s. Racial violence in Pennsylvania is documented history; this road is not part of that record.

The test people run is to leave keys on the bridge for five minutes, after which the car is said not to start.

The road is genuinely bad: steep, hilly, and with no winter maintenance on the far stretch.

FAQ

Where is Hogback Road at Hermitage located?

Hogback Road at Hermitage is in Pennsylvania, United States.