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Enola Low Grade Trail - Martic Forge Trestle

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Looking north on River Road

Photo taken by Jodi Christman in October 9, 2013

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BH Photo #269361

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Abandoned girder bridge used for the Enola Low Grade Trail. New deck to be added after arson.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned bridge over Pequea Creek on Former Conrail Railroad
Location
Martic Forge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Arsoned
History
Built 1910
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 125.0 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 100.0 ft.
Also called
Martic Forge Crossing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.90795, -76.32836   (decimal degrees)
39°54'29" N, 76°19'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/386457/4418385 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Conestoga
Inventory number
BH 49072 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arsoned (29)
Built 1910 (1,158)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Closed (2,665)
Conrail (1,560)
Continuous (2,484)
Continuous truss (184)
Deck girder (5,750)
Deck truss (1,732)
Enola Low Grade Trail (13)
Girder (10,240)
Have street view (26,951)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (153)
 Martic Forge, Pennsylvania (2)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Penn Central Railroad (1,351)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Pennsylvania Railroad (884)
Plate girder (7,928)
Rail-to-trail (1,544)
Railroad (15,426)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
Truss (32,801)
Warren deck truss (604)
Warren truss (6,567)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 30, 2020: New photo from Ian Nelson
  • May 8, 2018: Updated by Luke: Bridge arsoned 4/17/18
  • November 1, 2013: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added additional name
  • October 24, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected stream name
  • August 20, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • July 8, 2011: Added by Daniel Hopkins

Sources 

  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
  • Ian Nelson
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Enola Low Grade Trail - Pequea Creek Bridge
Posted April 13, 2018, by Phillip shoop (Psilovetrains [at] aol [dot] com)

http://www.wsfc512.com/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID...

Trestle caught fire yesterday.

Martic Forge Crossing
Posted August 27, 2012, by Wesley Burkholder (Hypersonixu2 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Just some pics since I've recently moved into the area and I've always been fascinated by this bridge. It's currently closed to pedestrians and all other traffic. Hopefully soon to be part of a rail trail.