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4 votes

NS - Portage Street Overpass (E)

Cambria County, Pennsylvania

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Looking south

Photo taken by Jodi Christman 7/22/2011

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BH Photo #209680

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over PA 53 (Portage St.) on NS
Location
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1895
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 23.0 ft.
Total length: 29.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.40152, -78.64960   (decimal degrees)
40°24'05" N, 78°38'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/699458/4474975 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ebensburg
Inventory numbers
PA 11 0053 0180 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 41483 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,559)
Arch (12,095)
Built 1895 (278)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
Cambria County, Pennsylvania (68)
Conrail (1,554)
Deck arch (11,333)
Have street view (26,931)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,916)
 Open (39,881)
Penn Central Railroad (1,348)
Pennsylvania (5,317)
Pennsylvania Railroad (882)
Railroad (15,410)
Span length under 25 feet (6,893)
Stone arch (3,049)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,190)

Update Log 

  • August 22, 2011: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • August 20, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Tweaked GPS

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