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LV - Little Lehigh Creek Bridge

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Looking SE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2017

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BH Photo #414437

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Little Lehigh Creek on LVRR
Location
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
Design
Double-intersection Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 96.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.59992, -75.46277   (decimal degrees)
40°35'60" N, 75°27'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/460845/4494448 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Allentown East
Inventory number
BH 79713 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,941)
Allentown, Pennsylvania (32)
Double-intersection Warren pony truss (218)
Double-intersection Warren truss (496)
Have street view (29,250)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (122)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (143)
 Pennsylvania (6,184)
Pony truss (17,086)
Railroad (16,523)
Riveted (2,570)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,676)
Truss (35,988)

Update Log 

  • June 16, 2021: New photo from Stephen Buonopane
  • October 29, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • December 22, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Stephen Buonopane

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