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NS - PA611 Overpass

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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NS - PA611 Overpass

looking north-close 3 spans are LV (abandoned), then ex-CNJ and then ex-L&HR (active)

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in May 2020

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #471338

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Facts 

Overview
Deck girder bridges over PA 611 on Railroad (NS)
Location
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
- Lehigh & Hudson River Railway (LHR)
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 37.1 ft.
Total length: 44.0 ft.
Also called
CNJ/LV - PA611 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.68739, -75.20521   (decimal degrees)
40°41'15" N, 75°12'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/482659/4504075 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Easton
Inventory numbers
PA 48 0611 0170 0140 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 58614 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (604)
Built during 1900s (7,436)
Central Railroad of New Jersey (113)
Deck girder (6,036)
Easton, Pennsylvania (25)
Girder (10,726)
Have street view (27,721)
Lehigh & Hudson River Railway (13)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (136)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,045)
Northampton County, Pennsylvania (128)
 Open (40,262)
Owned by railroad (12,978)
PA 611 (5)
Pennsylvania (5,502)
Plate girder (8,348)
Railroad (16,100)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,926)
Stone Abutments (105)
Stone piers (46)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,335)

Update Log 

  • April 29, 2021: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added categories "Stone Abutments", "PA 611", "Stone piers"
  • May 2, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 31, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs
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NS - PA611 Overpass
Posted June 4, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Saw on WFMZ69 news tonight that the Easton Chromium Plating Plant which is abandoned and is next to this railroad bridge on Rte 611 caught fire due to squatters.Only problem is that there were chemicals in the building which made it a haz-mat situation.I didn't see if railroad traffic was affected.