Rating:
42303
{81}%
4 votes
BPRR - Colonel Drake Highway Overpass
Photos
Photo taken by Brian McKee in April 2009
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BH Photo #136948
Description
The rail was the old Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway.
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over PA36 or W. Mahoning Street on BR&P Railway Line in Punxsutawney
- Location
- Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR)
- Chessie System Railroads (CSRR)
- Design
- An incredible pinned Parker Truss that can't be missed!
- Dimensions
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Span length: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 120.0 ft.
- Also called
- BR&P - Colonel Drake Highway Overpass
BR&P -Mahoning Street Overpass
BPRR - PA36 Overpass
BR&P - PA36 Overpass
BPRR - Mahoning Street Overpass
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.94223, -78.98260 (decimal degrees)
40°56'32" N, 78°58'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/669819/4534303 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Punxsutawney
- Elevation
- 1250 ft. above sea level
- Inventory numbers
- PA 33 0036 0250 0141 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 42303 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 30, 2020: New photos from Brian Manville
- June 11, 2017: Updated by Dave King: Added category "Pin-connected"
- December 11, 2011: New Street View added by Jodi Christman
- December 10, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
- May 22, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Corrected rail name
- April 10, 2009: Added by Brian McKee