Selinsgrove Bridge
Appearance
Selinsgrove Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°48′05″N 76°50′44″W / 40.80139°N 76.84556°W |
Carries | Railroad |
Crosses | Susquehanna River |
Locale | Selinsgrove Junction and Selinsgrove |
Official name | Selinsgrove Bridge |
Other name(s) | Selinsgrove Railroad Bridge |
Maintained by | Norfolk Southern Railway |
Characteristics | |
Design | Pratt truss |
Material | Wrought iron |
No. of spans | 16 |
History | |
Designer | William H. Brown |
Constructed by | Pencoyd Bridge & Construction; Cofrode & Saylor |
Opened | 1888 |
Location | |
The Selinsgrove Bridge is a railroad bridge that carries Norfolk Southern lines across the Susquehanna River between Lower Augusta Township, Pennsylvania and Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The bridge once carried Pennsylvania Railroad and later Penn Central Railroad lines across the river. The bridge crosses over Cherry and Fishers Islands. Many of its wrought iron Pratt through truss spans date to 1888, with significant alterations in 1901, 1925 and 1930.[1]
See also
[edit]- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of crossings of the Susquehanna River
- Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
References
[edit]- ^ Spivey, Justin M. (April 2000). "Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-554, "Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge"
- Photos on Flickr
Categories:
- Bridges completed in 1888
- Bridges in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Snyder County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges over the Susquehanna River
- Norfolk Southern Railway bridges
- Pennsylvania Railroad bridges
- Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- Wrought iron bridges in the United States
- Pratt truss bridges in the United States
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs
- United States railway bridge stubs