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PRR - spur bridge

Perry County, Pennsylvania

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Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2017

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BH Photo #414096

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Description 

Dimensions are estimates.

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over PRR abandoned spur on NSRR
Location
Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Builders
- George Nauman (Assistant Engineer)
- H.S. Kerbaugh, Inc. (Contractors)
- William H. Brown (Chief Engineer)
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Span length: 242.0 ft.
Total length: 242.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.0 ft.
Skew angle
83 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.33702, -76.92614   (decimal degrees)
40°20'13" N, 76°55'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/336391/4466944 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Harrisburg West
Inventory number
BH 79669 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,101)
Built 1903 (593)
Built during 1900s (7,223)
Conrail (1,560)
Deck arch (11,340)
George Nauman (4)
H.S. Kerbaugh, Inc. (6)
Marysville, Pennsylvania (13)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,919)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
 Penn Central Railroad (1,350)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Pennsylvania Railroad (884)
Perry County, Pennsylvania (74)
Railroad (15,414)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,988)
Stone arch (3,051)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
William H. Brown (18)

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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