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Selinsgrove Susquehanna River Railroad Island Bridge

Snyder County, Pennsylvania, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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Selinsgrove Susquehanna River Railroad Island Bridge

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Description 

Replaced 1871 wooden bridge

Facts 

Overview
Four-span through truss bridge over North Branch Susquehanna River on Norfolk Southern Railroad (former Pennsylvania RR)
Location
Snyder County, Pennsylvania, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1892, rebuilt with strengthened trusses ca. 1947
Builder
- Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.80120, -76.84074   (decimal degrees)
40°48'04" N, 76°50'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/344722/4518318 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
450 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Sunbury
Inventory number
BH 47204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Built 1892 (88)
Built during 1890s (1,560)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (35)
Open (28,455)
Owned by railroad (4,121)
Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. (8)
 Pennsylvania (3,046)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Snyder County, Pennsylvania (24)
Through truss (9,254)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2011: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Edited and added photos from HAER
  • December 2, 2010: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV

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Selinsgrove Susquehanna River Railroad Island Bridge
Posted April 11, 2011, by Barry L. Lauver (bllauver [at] toad [dot] net)

One minor quibble. The railroad bridges cross the main stem of the Susquehanna River into Selinsgrove. The river divides into the (larger) North Branch and the West Branch several miles to the north at Northumberland Borough.