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Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

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Coordinates: 41°14′55″N 75°53′7″W / 41.24861°N 75.88528°W / 41.24861; -75.88528
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Market Street Bridge
Market Street Bridge, 1982
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
LocationMarket St./LR 11 over Susquehanna River, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°14′55″N 75°53′7″W / 41.24861°N 75.88528°W / 41.24861; -75.88528
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1926-1929
Built byRae, Walter S.
ArchitectCarrere & Hastings
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000873[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1988

Market Street Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge over the Susquehanna River between Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the noted architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings and built between 1926 and 1929. It is a 1,274.3-foot-long (388.4 m) bridge with 12 spans. There are four main spans, each measuring 120-foot-long (37 m).[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Edward P. Osnick (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Market Street Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-09.


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