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LV - Lackawanna River Bridge

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

LV - Lackawanna River Bridge

looking west

Photo from The Railroad Station Historical Society Collection

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #485510

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Lackawanna River on Lehigh Valley Railroad
Location
Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
Design
Pinned, 6-panel Pratt through truss with four truss lines
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.34402, -75.78725   (decimal degrees)
41°20'38" N, 75°47'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/434136/4577246 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 91201 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (782)
Lackawanna River (8)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (138)
Lost (28,403)
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (88)
Owned by railroad (13,492)
Pennsylvania (5,745)
Pin-connected (4,683)
 Pittston, Pennsylvania (7)
Pratt through truss (6,047)
Pratt truss (10,283)
Replaced by new bridge (19,312)
Through truss (16,730)
Triple-barreled (8)
Truss (35,397)

Update Log 

  • March 31, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added truss type & categories "6-panel truss", "Pin-connected", "Triple-barreled"
  • November 14, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs

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