NS - Octoraro Creek Viaduct
Photos
NS - Octoraro Creek Viaduct
looking west
Photo from singlemalt-capebreton-norvellhimself
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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BH Photo #456035
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel concrete arch bridge over Octoraro Creek on Norfolk Southern Port Road Branch
- Location
- Cecil County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.65980, -76.15339 (decimal degrees)
39°39'35" N, 76°09'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/401058/4390635 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 86632 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 9, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- September 8, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Flickr - Charles Warren photo
Comments
http://bridgehunter.com/md/cecil/prr-octoraro-creek/
I believe this is the plate girder bridge underneath.
I also took this photo. That lower level trestle is off camera to left.
Your entry for this viaduct fails to account for lower level trestle (see enclosed photo) with black side panel coming in from the left and going under said viaduct.
The closest I can find is that this portion of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad was completed in 1877.
This bridge seems so out of place spanning this creek. When was the Octoraro Viaduct bridge built? What is it's history?
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/md/cecil/bh86632/
Yes it is.