DL - Washington Avenue Overpass

Photos 

Perspective Of Washington Avenue Bridge Looking Northeast.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #217584

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Washington Avenue on Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad

Location

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

History

Built 1906-08, abutments dated 1909

Builders

- Lincoln Bush (Chief engineer)
- McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DLW)
- Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (DL)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)

Design

Deck plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 78.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.

Also called

DL&W - Washington Avenue Overpass

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.40626, -75.66557   (decimal degrees)
41°24'23" N, 75°39'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/444369/4584071 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Scranton

Inventory numbers

PA 35 7302 0115 0001 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 49839 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 20, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
• October 16, 2011: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER PA-132-H - Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

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