1914 Broadway Street Bridge over North Branch of Susquehanna River at Nanticoke, PA

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2023

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Historic Nanticoke Bridge over the Susquehanna between Nanticoke and West Nanticoke PA, built in 1914.

The bridge consists of three fixed Metal 16 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss spans, and 21 fixed pre-stressed concrete Spread Box Beam spans. The full length of the bridge, built by Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh PA, is 1,922 feet [586m].

There are many oddities about this bridge, particularly the smallest of the three trusses, for which there may be no other bridges in existence like it.

The abnormally long span has a splendid pedestrian walkway on the upstream, or west side, with wonderful views. It spans the North Branch of the Susquehanna River as well as the Nanticoke Creek and the former Bloomsburg Branch of the Lackawanna Railroad (seen below, abandoned since 1984).

Historic bridges with character over the Susquehanna have been disappearing fast, and as of 2017, this one is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

Claims are being made that this bridge "must" be replaced for a distribution center development, despite the fact that the new4 lane Rt 29 bridge is less than 2 miles upstream.

M'ke Helbing shared