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NY&E - Sawmill Rift Bridge
Description
Originally the New York & Erie Railroad (NY & E) Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL) ConRail in 1981 (CR) Now it is Norfolk & Southern (NS) Three of the spans of this bridge were 160', 150' and 140' in length. Some information from lostbridges.orgFacts
- Overview
- McCallum truss over Delaware River on New York & Erie Railroad
- Location
- Millrift, Pike County, Pennsylvania, and Orange County, New York
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built in 1847; Replaced ?
- Railroad
- - New York & Erie Rail Road (NY&E)
- Design
- Uncovered McCallum truss - 1-Through 4-Pony
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 800.0 ft.
- Also called
- Bolton Basin Railroad Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.40651, -74.74179 (decimal degrees)
41°24'23" N, 74°44'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/521581/4583917 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 466 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 98198 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 21, 2023: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added span lengths
- May 30, 2022: Updated by Luke: Corrected "refurbished" to "replaced"
- May 30, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
Related Bridges
- ERIE - Mill Rift Bridge (Pre-1875) (Successor)
Sources
- Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Paul Plassman
- Lost Bridges.org - Info + images
- American Railroad Journal - Google Books - Page 2
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/pike/bh98198/
According to reports from the time, the bridge was replaced with an iron bridge that was later washed away in the ice jam/flood of 1875.
I cannot find a date, nor can I re-find a source I read but never saved about Phoenix building a span in the area.