Monocacy Creek Reading Railroad Bridge

Photos

South span

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2017

BH Photo #415515

Three deck plate girders in parallel.

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Monocacy on RDGRR
Location: Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status: Intact but closed to all traffic
History: Built 1921
Builder: - American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad: - Reading Railroad (RDG)
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Span length: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.61667, -75.38068 (decimal degrees)
40°37'00" N, 75°22'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/467799/4496275 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Allentown East
Inventory number: BH 79930 (Bridgehunter.com ID)