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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #193051

Elk Creek Railroad Bridge near Girard Pennsylvannia with a train crossing

Video taken July 6th around 4PM EST facing South

Dustan Dennington

Overview: Deck girder bridge over Elk Creek on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location: Lake City, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1902, rehabilitated 1944
Builder: - Ferro Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads: - New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 1,480.0 ft.
Also called: NKP - Elk Creek Viaduct
Elk Creek Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.00394, -80.34801 (decimal degrees)
42°00'14" N, 80°20'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/553992/4650419 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Fairview
Inventory number: BH 47899 (Bridgehunter.com ID)