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L&NE - Lehigh Gap Bridge

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo provided by Wes B

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BH Photo #317453

Map 

Street View 

Description 

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

Facts 

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)

Categories 

Baltimore deck truss (37)
Baltimore truss (385)
Built 1912 (870)
Built during 1910s (9,966)
Carbon County, Pennsylvania (44)
Continuous (2,626)
Continuous truss (198)
Curved (490)
Deck girder (6,298)
Deck truss (1,923)
Girder (11,159)
Have street view (28,872)
Lehigh & New England Railroad (9)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (117)
 Lehigh River (31)
Lost (28,366)
Lost 1967 (81)
Lost during 1960s (919)
Owned by state (16,547)
Palmerton, Pennsylvania (2)
Pennsylvania (5,720)
Plate girder (8,714)
Railroad (16,443)
Skewed (5,012)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,991)
Truss (35,366)
Warren deck truss (666)
Warren truss (6,994)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
  • February 16, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • 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

Sources 

  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Flickr - Donald Furler 1946 photo
  • Flickr - Image of remaining piers + Info
  • Flickr - Postcard
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

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.