CNYK - Lackawaxen River Bridge

Photos 

Shot from shore near Lackawaxena dn Delaware Rivers

Photo taken by Jodi Christman August 2010

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BH Photo #193093

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Pratt deck truss bridge over Lackawaxen River on Norfolk Southern (formerly Erie Railway)

Location

Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1894; altered 1907

Builder

- Union Bridge Co. of Buffalo, New York & Athens, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Central New York Railroad (CNYK)
- Delaware Lackawaxen & Stourbridge Railroad (DL&S)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Morristown & Erie Railway (ME)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Design

Pin-connected Pratt Deck Truss, Deck Girder. It's a nineteenth century truss structure remaining in main-line service as of 2001 (HAER)

Dimensions

Total length: 591.0 ft.

Also called

NS - Lackawaxen River Bridge
Erie - Lackawaxen River Bridge
Erie - Bridge 110.54

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.48688, -74.98920   (decimal degrees)
41°29'13" N, 74°59'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/500901/4592807 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Shohola

Inventory number

BH 47910 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 5, 2012: New Street View added by Jodi Christman
• February 1, 2011: Added by Jodi Christman

Sources 

• Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
• HAER PA-24 - Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Bridge 110.54, Spanning Lackawaxen River, East of State Route 590, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA
• Wikipedia - Information on Erie Railway / Erie Railroad

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