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Walnut Street Bridge

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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Walnut Street Bridge

Marker on City Island

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in May 2009

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Walnut Street Bridge collapse, Harrisburg PA 1996

Sections of the Walnut Street Bridge in Harrisburg, PA are carried away by flood waters and ice floes after the North American Blizzard of 2001 and subsequent thaw and rain. It crumples under the Market Street Bridge (3:05), the next bridge downstream in the Susquehanna.

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Susquehanna River, (east channel) in Harrisburg
Location
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Constructed by Phoenix Bridge Company ; opened in 1890
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Design
Baltimore Thru Truss which consists of 14 Baltimore trusses using Phoenix Bridge Company's "Phoenix Column". Seven spans on the east side of City Island; three spans of western bridge destroyed by ice in 1996
Dimensions
Total length: 2,801.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
People's Bridge
"Old Shakey"
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.25759, -76.88623   (decimal degrees)
40°15'27" N, 76°53'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/339593/4458053 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Harrisburg West
Inventory number
BH 42611 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,820)
Baltimore through truss (148)
Baltimore truss (162)
Built 1890 (142)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (73)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (21)
Have street view (9,889)
 NR-listed (2,353)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Pennsylvania (3,037)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (43)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
Truss (23,568)

Update Log 

  • August 12, 2011: New video from James Simmons
  • June 5, 2011: New Street View added by Jodi Christman
  • April 2, 2011: New photo from Jodi Christman
  • October 15, 2010: New photo from Jodi Christman
  • October 9, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • July 29, 2009: Updated by Bob Morgan: corrected typo
  • May 27, 2009: New photos from Ian Anderson
  • May 26, 2009: New photos from Bob Morgan
  • May 25, 2009: Added by Bob Morgan

Sources 

  • Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com
  • HAER PA-412 - Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River at Walnut Street (State Route 3034), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
  • Ian Anderson - macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
  • James Simmons - james [at] simmons [dot] net
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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