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CNYK - Lackawaxen River Bridge

Pike County, Pennsylvania

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Shot from shore near Lackawaxena dn Delaware Rivers

Photo taken by Jodi Christman August 2010

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BH Photo #193093

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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)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- 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
Erie - Lackawaxen River Bridge
NS - 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 

19th Century (6,182)
Built 1894 (209)
Built during 1890s (2,459)
Central New York Railroad (14)
Deck truss (1,509)
Erie Railroad (166)
HAER documented (1,096)
Have street view (22,086)
Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania (1)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,419)
Open (36,584)
 Owned by railroad (9,824)
Pennsylvania (4,188)
Pike County, Pennsylvania (27)
Pin-connected (3,221)
Pratt deck truss (304)
Pratt truss (8,020)
Railroad (13,091)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,539)
Truss (29,448)
Union Bridge Co. (48)

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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