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CSX - Cassleman River Bridge

Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2009

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BH Photo #139949

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Cassleman River on CSX car storage track
Location
Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
Design
Lattice bottom chords, ornate portal bracing
Also called
B&O - Cassleman River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.81671, -79.03371   (decimal degrees)
39°49'00" N, 79°02'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/668295/4409263 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Meyersdale
Inventory number
BH 42543 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

5-panel truss (485)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (472)
CSX Railroad (1,662)
Casselman River (12)
Have street view (26,945)
Meyersdale, Pennsylvania (6)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,421)
Pennsylvania (5,317)
 Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,389)
Pratt truss (9,296)
Railroad (15,411)
Riveted (2,165)
Somerset County, Pennsylvania (119)
Through truss (15,059)
Truss (32,779)

Update Log 

  • October 7, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • March 29, 2020: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Riveted"
  • November 13, 2016: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "5-panel truss", "Pin-connected"
  • May 9, 2009: Added by Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Luke
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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