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LV - Iron Street Bridge

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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LV - Iron Street Bridge

looking south

Photo taken by Jeff Kovacs in September 2021

License: Public domain: Released by author

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BH Photo #506888

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Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Iron Street on former Lehigh Valley RR E&N Branch
Location
West Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.67827, -75.23946   (decimal degrees)
40°40'42" N, 75°14'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/479763/4503070 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 94298 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,940)
Beam (16,946)
Deck girder (6,335)
Girder (11,222)
Have street view (29,182)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (143)
 Northampton County, Pennsylvania (139)
Owned by railroad (13,566)
Pennsylvania (6,147)
Plate girder (8,770)
Timber stringer (4,339)
West Easton, Pennsylvania (3)

Update Log 

  • September 10, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
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LV - Iron Street Bridge
Posted September 19, 2021, by Joseph Brennan (brennan [at] columbia [dot] edu)

Note the supports are all WOOD not steel!