GAP - Salisbury Viaduct

Photos 

Photo taken by Paul Feighner

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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BH Photo #267375

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Casselman River and US 219 on Great Allegheny Passage

Location

Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to pedestrians

History

Built 1912, Abandoned 1975. Converted for pedestrian use 1998

Builder

- McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Chessie System Railroads (CSRR)
- Western Maryland Railway (WM)

Design

Massive steel trestle

Dimensions

Total length: 1,900.0 ft.

Also called

GAP - US 219 Overpass

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.83409, -79.04554   (decimal degrees)
39°50'03" N, 79°02'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/667241/4411170 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Meyersdale

Inventory number

BH 45632 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 7, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• January 4, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• January 1, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• September 23, 2016: New photo from Dave King
• January 27, 2014: New photos from Jim Allen
• December 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added Info
• September 29, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited entry
• July 12, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• Todd Wilson
• Luke
• Jim Allen
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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