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Erie - Mahoning River Bridge

Trumbull County, Ohio

Photos 

Erie Railroad - Braceville

Erie Mainline crossing over the Mahoning River

Photo taken by Bob Harris

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BH Photo #231350

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lattice through truss bridge over Mahoning River on Abandoned Erie Railroad
Location
Trumbull County, Ohio
Status
Abandoned
Railroads
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.23503, -80.91750   (decimal degrees)
41°14'06" N, 80°55'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/506913/4564851 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newton Falls
Inventory number
BH 52384 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,748)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (414)
Erie Railroad (283)
Lattice through truss (574)
Lattice truss (605)
Mahoning River (26)
 Ohio (3,479)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (183)
Railroad (15,801)
Through truss (15,365)
Trumbull County, Ohio (55)
Truss (33,276)

Update Log 

  • August 2, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 6, 2012: Added by Bob Harris

Sources 

  • Bob Harris - sigmacts [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Erie - Mahoning River Bridge
Posted November 15, 2014, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I think that your assessment is pretty much spot-on concerning a ca. date Robert.

Erie - Mahoning River Bridge
Posted November 14, 2014, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Based on the design and overall appearance, I would suspect that this one might have been built sometime between 1890-1900. This is just a rough estimation though.

Erie - Mahoning River Bridge
Posted November 14, 2014, by Tim Shanahan (TrainWatcher4449 [at] aol [dot] com)

When was it built?