Rating:
49090
{70}%
1 vote
Amtrak - Swatara Creek Bridge
Photos
South side of bridge
Photo taken by Jodi Christman in June 2016
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BH Photo #440344
Description
Stone arch bridge over Swatara River on Amtrak
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Swatara Creek on Amtrak / Conrail Railroad
- Location
- Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1830s
- Builder
- - William H. Brown
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- A four arch stone bridge carries the Amtrak Keystone line over the Swatara Creek.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 180.0 ft.
Deck width: 50.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.19139, -76.73035 (decimal degrees)
40°11'29" N, 76°43'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/352707/4450435 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Middletown
- Inventory number
- BH 49090 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 31, 2018: New photos from Jodi Christman
- August 1, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Corrected railroad name
- July 13, 2011: Added by Daniel Hopkins
Sources
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
I’m guessing this bridge is older than 1950. Possibly closer to 1890.