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PRSL - Crook Horn Creek Bridge

Cape May County, New Jersey

Photos 

CR - Crookhorn Creek Bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #291037

Map 

Video 

P-RSL Crookhorn Movable Bridge at Ocean City, NJ

July 1975 The two car Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines weekend train approaches the tower at Tuckahoe, NJ. The tower operator hoops orders to the conductor. The RDC's then separate with the lead car going to Cape May and the second car to Ocean City. The bridge operator at the Crookhorn swing bridge makes a trial run closing and opening the bridge. He then closes it and waves the train across.

Video by Tom Smith posted by Alexander D. Mitchell IV

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Description 

Ring gear on bridge failed Oct. 5, 1981, forcing abandonment of all rail service to Ocean City. Abandoned bridge removed by NJ DOT November 1992 to widen channel.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss drawbridge over Crook Horn Creek on Conrail RR
Location
Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1910; abandoned 1981, removed Nov. 1992
Railroads
- Cape May Seashore Lines (CMSL)
- Conrail (CR)
- Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL)
Design
Pratt through truss swing
Also called
Conrail - Crook Horn Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.23249, -74.64623   (decimal degrees)
39°13'57" N, 74°38'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/530533/4342636 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 62441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1909 (639)
Built during 1900s (6,257)
Cape May County, New Jersey (16)
Cape May Seashore Lines (3)
Conrail (820)
Lost (18,584)
Lost 1992 (427)
Lost during 1990s (3,704)
Movable (2,704)
New Jersey (1,200)
 Ocean City, New Jersey (4)
Owned by railroad (9,764)
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (16)
Pratt through truss (4,568)
Pratt truss (7,965)
Railroad (13,045)
Swing (1,248)
Through truss (12,861)
Truss (29,377)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2017: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • August 12, 2015: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Changed name; added removal date
  • February 10, 2015: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Added video and PRR diagrams
  • January 27, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Fixed mapping, added abandonment date
  • August 11, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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PRSL - Crook Horn Creek Bridge
Posted October 2, 2015, by Brian (palmerbfaf [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Looking to find the dimensions of this bridge for a scale model project. Also any additional photos of the bridge and it's support buildings and infrastructure.

Thanks

Brian