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Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge

Harford County, Maryland, and Cecil County, Maryland
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AMTRAK Bridge at Havre de Grace

AMTRAK Bridge over Susquehanna River between Perryville and Havre de Grace, MD

Photo taken by Frank Danberg in March 2009

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Overview
Through and deck truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Amtrak in Harvre de Grace
Location
Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland, and Cecil County, Maryland
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for demolition and replacement.
Design
Through truss swing with Pratt deck truss approach spans.
Dimensions
Total length: 4,153.0 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Also called
Pennsylvania Railroad Susquehanna River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.55425, -76.08660   (decimal degrees)
39°33'15" N, 76°05'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/406646/4378848 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Havre De Grace
Inventory number
BH 41891 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (161)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (70)
Built 1906 (362)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
Cecil County, Maryland (20)
Deck truss (961)
Doomed (815)
Harford County, Maryland (19)
Have street view (10,035)
Havre de Grace, Maryland (2)
Maryland (428)
 Movable (1,360)
Open (28,452)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Pratt deck truss (171)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Susquehanna River (33)
Swing (537)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length over 2500 feet (595)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • September 25, 2012: New Street View added by Jann Mayer
  • June 2, 2012: Updated by Rachel Lipton: Added the other county the bridge is in.
  • May 14, 2011: New photos from Will
  • May 14, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • February 8, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: corrected GPS
  • March 28, 2009: Added by Frank Danberg

Sources 

  • Frank Danberg
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • Nathan Holth
  • Wikipedia - Additional Information
  • Will Truax - Bridgewright [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Rachel Lipton
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
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Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge
Posted May 14, 2011, by Will (Bridgewright [at] ymail [dot] com)

Scheduled for replacement? Is this possible?

Having walked under it and ridden over it, I know it is without reason.

http://t.co/IwWndAM

Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge
Posted March 7, 2011, by Robert Thompson

There appears to be a swing span incorporated in this bridge.