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PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and York County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #349788

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Pennsylvania Railroad & Lincoln Highway
Location
Wrightsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and York County, Pennsylvania
Status
Removed
History
Built in 30 days in 1896 to be "temporary" replacement for destroyed covered bridge, with intent of road being added to upper level; neither replacement nor upper deck ever built. Removed 1964
Railroad
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 6,000.0 ft. (1.1 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02921, -76.51735   (decimal degrees)
40°01'45" N, 76°31'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/370532/4432102 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Columbia West
Inventory number
BH 71281 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,631)
Built 1896 (274)
Built during 1890s (2,996)
Columbia, Pennsylvania (5)
Have street view (27,072)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (155)
Lincoln Highway (139)
Lost (25,016)
Lost 1964 (76)
Lost during 1960s (760)
One-lane traffic (7,614)
Over a mile long (301)
 Pennsylvania (5,334)
Pennsylvania Railroad (904)
Pin-connected (3,925)
Pratt through truss (5,431)
Pratt truss (9,353)
Rail-and-Road (381)
Susquehanna River (94)
Through truss (15,201)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
Truss (32,990)
Wrightsville, Pennsylvania (3)
York County, Pennsylvania (139)

Update Log 

  • July 10, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • January 10, 2019: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • January 9, 2018: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • January 13, 2017: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • May 16, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • May 14, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • April 24, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • March 10, 2016: New Street View added by Luke

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PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted January 11, 2019, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com )

I mentioned on the other bridge site that I counted 26 piers,not 25 and wondering if I was right or wrong.

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted January 10, 2019, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com )

I have a question.I counted 25 piers.Were there 25 individual truss spans on this bridge?That's alot of spans!

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted March 13, 2016, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

It's a shame a bridge as unique as this one is gone.

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted March 11, 2016, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

No problem Art being that like i said that my father was from north Philly and that i might have been on that bridge back when i used to drive all over Philly.

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted March 11, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Yup, that's the one. Thanks George!

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted March 11, 2016, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Art,you are talking about the falls bridge.I remember seeing it on this site because someone posted something about it.

PRR - Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Posted March 10, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Luke, there's a bridge in Philly that's still standing that has the same characteristics. I can't remember the name at the moment.