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NS - Lehigh Canal Bridge - Bethlehem

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

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Looking NE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2017

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BH Photo #414368

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Lehigh Coal and Navigation Canal on NSRR
Location
Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 90.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61562, -75.38650   (decimal degrees)
40°36'56" N, 75°23'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/467306/4496160 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Allentown East
Inventory number
BH 79696 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (24)
Central Railroad of New Jersey (107)
Conrail (1,603)
Girder (10,436)
Have street view (27,205)
Lehigh Canal (2)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (108)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,006)
 Open (40,018)
Owned by railroad (12,668)
Pennsylvania (5,373)
Plate girder (8,095)
Railroad (15,791)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,473)
Through girder (3,892)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,614)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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