Rating:
45691
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7 votes
CP - Martins Creek Viaduct
Photos
Construction almost completed
Photo taken in 1914
Enlarge
BH Photo #170054
Description
Long and tall concrete viaduct that spans across the Kingsley Valley area.
Facts
- Overview
- Massive concrete arch bridge over Martins Creek and Lackawanna Trail on Canadian Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1912-14 for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Builder
- - F.M. Talbot Construction Co. of New York City, New York
- Railroads
- - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Conrail (CR)
- Delaware & Hudson Railway (DH)
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DLW)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Design
- Open-spandrel concrete arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 1,600.0 ft.
- Also called
- Lackawanna - Kingsley Bridge
CP - Kingsley Viaduct
CP - Kingsley Bridge
Lackawanna - Kingsley Viaduct
Lackawanna - Martins Creek Viaduct
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.74399, -75.75261 (decimal degrees)
41°44'38" N, 75°45'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/437421/4621625 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hop Bottom
- Inventory number
- BH 45691 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 11, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- March 7, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- October 6, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- July 13, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- November 15, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- October 16, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- November 28, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated GPS
- August 6, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
- July 25, 2010: New Street View added by Jacob P. Bernard
- July 23, 2010: Added by Jacob P. Bernard
Ed Believe you are correct, check out view 5. Awesome eye for detail!