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LV - Towanda Bridge (1877)

Bradford County, Pennsylvania

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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on Lehigh Valley Railroad
Location
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1877, Replaced 1906
Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
Design
(8)8-panel, 165' pin-connected Pratt through truss spans
2 plate girder spans of 90' and 72' on west end
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 165.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.77979, -76.43884   (decimal degrees)
41°46'47" N, 76°26'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/380427/4626327 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Towanda
Inventory number
BH 73599 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,374)
8-panel truss (512)
Bradford County, Pennsylvania (85)
Built 1877 (115)
Built during 1870s (1,266)
Curved (490)
Girder (11,169)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (138)
Lost (28,464)
Lost 1906 (37)
Lost during 1900s (389)
Owned by railroad (13,499)
 Pennsylvania (5,784)
Pin-connected (4,694)
Pratt through truss (6,056)
Pratt truss (10,296)
Railroad (16,457)
Replaced by new bridge (19,357)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,419)
Susquehanna River (162)
Through truss (16,775)
Towanda, Pennsylvania (4)
Truss (35,451)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added postcards and span lengths
  • April 1, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 15, 2017: New photo from Dave King

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