Rating:
31850
{94}%
7 votes
CP - Tunkhannock Viaduct
Photos
Side view
Photo taken by Robert Drew
BH Photo #108764
Description
After built, it was locally known as the 9th wonder of the world because of its size (Starrucca further north in Wayne County was referred to as the 8th)
It's height is 240' above the stream level--at the time it was publicized as "the highest concrete railroad bridge in the world."
Declared a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by ASCE in 1975
Facts
- Overview
- Massive ten-span concrete arch bridge over Tunkhannock Creek on Canadian Pacific Railroad at Nicholson
- Location
- Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1912-15 for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Builders
- - Flickwir & Bush, Inc.
- Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Centering)
- Railroads
- - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Conrail (CR)
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DLW)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Design
- Open-spandrel concrete arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 185.0 ft.
Total length: 2,375.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1977
- Also called
- DL&W - Tunkhannock Viaduct
Nicholson Viaduct
Kingsley Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.62708, -75.77608 (decimal degrees)
41°37'37" N, 75°46'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/435352/4608663 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hop Bottom
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 77001203 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31850 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 18, 2023: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- December 27, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- December 23, 2021: New photos from Bruce Roberts
- November 15, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- September 19, 2018: New Street View added by Jared
- April 22, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
- April 2, 2018: New photo from Josh Schmid
- November 22, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- October 6, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- October 5, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- July 11, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- February 17, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- October 16, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- April 7, 2015: Photos imported by Dave King
- January 28, 2013: New photos from David Kravetz
- December 28, 2010: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description
- August 6, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
- July 29, 2010: New Street View added by Jacob P. Bernard
- July 23, 2010: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
- July 4, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
- April 11, 2010: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
- April 10, 2010: New Street View added by Jacob P. Bernard
- November 23, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
- February 26, 2007: Posted photos from Robert Drew
Either that or they decided to postcard a flood for whatever reason.