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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

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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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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Steamtown National Historic Site
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Location

Scranton (Pa.)41.40529, -75.67639
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Library of Congress
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