Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge
Coordinates 40°14′57″N 76°52′58″W / 40.24917°N 76.88278°W / 40.24917; -76.88278Coordinates: 40°14′57″N 76°52′58″W / 40.24917°N 76.88278°W / 40.24917; -76.88278
Carries Norfolk Southern Railway
Crosses Susquehanna River
Locale Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Maintained by Norfolk Southern Railway
Characteristics
Design Concrete arch bridge
History
Opened 1924

The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge carries Norfolk Southern rail lines across the Susquehanna River between Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Some of its concrete piers encase stone masonry piers from an earlier truss bridge on this site, completed in 1891 by the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Railroad, which was then acquired by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to connect its Harrisburg and Lurgan lines. The current structure was constructed from 1920 to 1924 by replacing the trusses with concrete arches one track at a time.[1] The bridge has fifty-one concrete arches, three more than the nearby Rockville Bridge.

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References

  1. ↑ Spivey, Justin M. (April 2001). "Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 2–3. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
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