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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
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Summary
Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic between the low-lying central Scranton yards and higher grades to the east.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24, FN-26
Survey number: HAER PA-132-H-f
Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction
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railroad bridges
scranton pa
delaware
lackawanna
western
railroad
western railroad
scranton
yards
scranton yards
bridge
washington avenue bridge
washington avenue
alley
railroad alley
lackawanna county
pennsylvania
delaware lackawanna western railroad
railroad companies
historic american engineering record
steamtown national historic site
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
infrastructure
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Steamtown National Historic Site
Location
Scranton (Pa.)
,
41.40621, -75.67652
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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