CSX - Susquehanna River Bridge
Photos
Main span on west side of island
This is the longest through truss span on the bridge at over 500 feet.
Photo taken by Jann Mayer in September 2005
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #239988
Description
This bridge crosses the Susquehanna River between Havre De Grace and Perryville, MD. Although it crosses Garrett Island in the middle, it is a continuous bridge consisting of 38 spans.The west side of the river has a 500+ foot through Pennsylvania truss and 8 230 foot deck truss spans. The east side has a 500+ foot deck Pennsylvania truss, a 400 foot through Pennsylvania truss, and 2 230 foot deck truss spans. The spans over the island were originally girder spans, much shorter than the others.
Facts
- Overview
- Through and deck truss bridge over Susquehanna on CSX Railroad
- Location
- Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland, and Cecil County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1907-09 by Baltimore & Ohio RR as double-track bridge and opened January 6, 1910, later single-tracked
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Design
- Main spans: Pennsylvania through and deck trusses and Pratt deck truss. Eleven deck truss spans total; 23 girder spans
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 520.0 ft.
Total length: 6,109.0 ft. (1.2 mi.)
- Also called
- Baltimore & Ohio RR Susquehanna River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.56640, -76.09342 (decimal degrees)
39°33'59" N, 76°05'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/406077/4380204 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Havre De Grace
- Inventory number
- BH 52605 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 25, 2017: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- November 9, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- May 25, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- March 10, 2015: HAER photos posted by Nathan Holth
- December 14, 2014: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Updated details and dates
- November 20, 2014: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Added/corrected details
- September 25, 2012: Updated by Jann Mayer: Added description and photos
- June 2, 2012: Added by Rachel Lipton
Related Bridges
- Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge (Downstream)
Sources
- Rachel Lipton
- Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Article On Previous Bridge Collapse
- HAER MD-46 - Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Railway Age - Google BooksRailway Age - July 19, 1907 article on construction
Comments
Leslie,according to the newspaper article i read 4 cars were off of the tracks.
I think the engine and the majority of the cars were of the bridge I heard the river is like a wind tunnel so the train must of blew over I would not know for sure because I live in oregon but I have Ben reading about the accident.
Leslie,this is the bridge.The newspaper article mentioned I-95 and this bridge is near I-95.Thanks,Leslie.I don't know where the accident was if it was on the bridge.
I think it is probably this bridge.
The 500+ foot spans would have been among the longest simple truss spans when built. The deck truss span is particularly significant since most record-breaking spans are thru trusses, presumably because long spans require deep trusses that normally would not fit under the roadway level as a deck truss. Here is an article on the previous bridge: http://books.google.com/books?id=058oAQAAMAAJ&dq=Susquehanna...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/md/harford/bh52605/
Leslie,thank God I kept the article about the derailment.Four rail cars fell in the Susquehanna river.CSX doesn't know if wind was a factor.