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NS - Yellow Breeches Bridge

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and York County, Pennsylvania

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Description 

Twin Railroad bridges over Yellow Breeches Creek, half of it is abandoned with the tracks removed.

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Yellow Breeches Creek on NS RR
Location
New Cumberland, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and York County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Deck truss
Also called
Hess Alley Crossing
Railroad Bridge over Yellow Creek
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.22595, -76.85882   (decimal degrees)
40°13'33" N, 76°51'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/341851/4454492 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Steelton
Inventory number
BH 49265 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Conrail (1,579)
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (101)
Deck truss (1,744)
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (5)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,948)
Open (39,976)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
 Penn Central Railroad (1,375)
Pennsylvania (5,334)
Pennsylvania Railroad (903)
Railroad (15,601)
Truss (32,958)
York County, Pennsylvania (139)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Corrected railroad owner
  • August 1, 2011: Added by Daniel Hopkins

Sources 

  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • Geoff Hubbs

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