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Fishing Creek Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge

Perry County, Pennsylvania

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Looking NE through the Fishing Creek Conrail Bridge

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2017

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BH Photo #414073

Map 

Description 

Dimensions are estimates

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Fishing Creek on NSRR/Conrail
Location
Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1901
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Span length: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 166.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.33790, -76.92655   (decimal degrees)
40°20'16" N, 76°55'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/336358/4467042 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Harrisburg West
Inventory number
BH 79668 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (11,377)
Built 1901 (500)
Built during 1900s (6,599)
Conrail (870)
Deck arch (10,621)
Marysville, Pennsylvania (13)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,507)
Open (37,838)
Owned by railroad (10,757)
 Pennsylvania (4,691)
Pennsylvania Railroad (547)
Perry County, Pennsylvania (71)
Railroad (14,078)
Skewed (4,787)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,323)
Stone Abutments (62)
Stone arch (2,729)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,771)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

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

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