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Photo provided by Wes B

BH Photo #317453

Built for the Lehigh & New England Railroad, which carried zinc from across the the Leigh Gap sides to the Palmerton side.

Overview: Lost Baltimore deck truss bridge over the Lehigh River on Lehigh & New England Railroad
Location: Palmerton, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Status: Removed
History: Built 1912; Abandoned 1961; Removed 1967
Railroad: - Lehigh & New England Railroad (LNE)
Design: Baltimore deck truss
Warren deck truss approaches
Dimensions: Total length: 1,076.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.78863, -75.61093 (decimal degrees)
40°47'19" N, 75°36'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/448455/4515472 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Palmerton
Inventory number: BH 46692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

April 26, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
February 28, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added image posted to the forum by Wes B. + info
August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
February 6, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Removed category "Railroad" as it is a lost bridge
July 8, 2011: New photos from Daniel Hopkins
April 19, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Corrected the type of cargo the railroad carried, it was zinc not coal
December 23, 2010: New Street View added by Daniel Hopkins
December 2, 2010: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated the history and information
October 28, 2010: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated information
October 26, 2010: Added by Daniel Hopkins

Palmerton Crossing

Posted February 28, 2015, by Wes B (hypersonixu2 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This was the Lehigh and New England Railroad Trestle, mostly iron, not concrete. I'm not sure when it was constructed but it was dismantled in 1967.