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Millersburg Railroad Bridge

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Millersburg RR Bridge

Photo from National Archives Panoramic Maps Collection

BH Photo #533659

Map 

Description 

Some of this information from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe deck truss bridge over Wiconisco Creek on Northern Central Railway
Location
Lenkerville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1857
Railroad
- Northern Central Railway (NCRY)
Design
Howe deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 421.0 ft.
Also called
Northern Central Railway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.53627, -76.96320   (decimal degrees)
40°32'11" N, 76°57'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/333734/4489132 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98663 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,757)
Built 1857 (59)
Built during 1850s (549)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (148)
Deck truss (1,949)
Howe deck truss (64)
Howe truss (662)
Lenkerville, Pennsylvania (1)
 Lost (29,278)
Millersburg, Pennsylvania (3)
Northern Central Railway (12)
Pennsylvania (6,244)
Replaced by new bridge (19,889)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,559)
Truss (36,113)

Update Log 

  • June 22, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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