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NS - Shocks Mills Bridge
Description
Several central spans of this bridge were destroyed in flooding in June 1972 and replaced with nine new piers and steel deck girder spans.Facts
- Overview
- Brick arch bridge over Susquehanna River on Norfolk Southern Railway
- Location
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and York County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1905
- Railroads
- - Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Central nine spans are deck girders atop new piers, replacing numerous arch spans destroyed in Tropical Storm Agnes flooding in June 1972.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 2,209.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.06121, -76.63749 (decimal degrees)
40°03'40" N, 76°38'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/360346/4435835 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- York Haven
- Inventory number
- BH 43909 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 10, 2020: New photos from Ian Nelson
- March 16, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- November 1, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- July 4, 2016: Photos imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- June 5, 2013: New photos from Jodi Christman
- August 16, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- May 25, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added second county
- July 7, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- June 14, 2011: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Updated design and history
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Luke
- Sean McDonnell
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
- Ian Nelson
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Photo taken from the west end looking east
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