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Banbridge Street Bridge #1

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and Snyder County, Pennsylvania
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Description 

Also built for and used by trolleys of Sunbury & Selinsgrove Electric Railway.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Banbridge Street and Sunbury & Selinsgrove Electric Railway
Location
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1905-1907 by York Bridge Co. for Sunbury Bridge Co., demolished 1927
Builders
- Sunbury & Selinsgrove Electric Railway
- Sunbury Bridge Co.
- York Bridge Co. of York, Pennsylvania
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 169.0 ft.
Total length: 2,370.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Also called
Sunbury Toll Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.85465, -76.80594   (decimal degrees)
40°51'17" N, 76°48'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/347781/4524191 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
450 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Sunbury
Inventory number
BH 52293 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Lost (11,126)
Lost 1927 (5)
Lost during 1920s (64)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (37)
Owned privately (665)
Parker through truss (970)
Parker truss (1,289)
Pennsylvania (3,163)
Replaced by new bridge (7,617)
 Snyder County, Pennsylvania (25)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,039)
Sunbury & Selinsgrove Electric Railway (1)
Sunbury Bridge Co. (3)
Sunbury, Pennsylvania (3)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,274)
Truss (24,155)
York Bridge Co. (20)

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2012: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV

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