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NS - Susquehanna River Bridge (Selinsgrove)
Description
Significance: The bridge is significant for its surviving lightweight wrought-iron Pratt trusses of two different designs. Over the west channel, 12 spans have unusual subdivided end panels.
SOURCE: HAER
http://loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3766/Facts
- Overview
- 12-span Through truss bridge over North Branch Susquehanna River on Norfolk Southern Railroad (former Pennsylvania RR)
- Location
- Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1888-1892 to replace 1871 wooden bridge, opened 1890, altered 1901, 1925, 1930 rebuilt 1947 with truss reinforcements; one pier rebuilt after flood damage in 1972
- Builders
- - Cofrode & Saylor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania [also known as A & P Roberts Co.]
- William H. Brown (Chief Engineer)
- Railroads
- - Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 2,116.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
- Also called
- PRR - Susquehanna River Bridge (Selinsgrove)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.80162, -76.84879 (decimal degrees)
40°48'06" N, 76°50'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/344045/4518380 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sunbury
- Elevation
- 450 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 47203 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 9, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- April 11, 2011: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Corrected description copied from HAER
- December 27, 2010: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description and build dates
- December 2, 2010: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
Sources
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- HAER PA-554 - Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, south of Cherry Island, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA
Please note that Photos, 1, 2, 4, and 5 as currently listed/posted show the adjacent four-span bridge linking the island with the eastern shore, not the 12-span across the main channel between the island and the western shore.