1911-67 CNJ/L&NE Lehigh Gap Bridge over Lehigh River near Palmerton, PA

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L&NE = Lehigh & New England, which became part of CNJ

This route was abandoned "in 1961 due to the decline of the anthracite coal business." [Google Search AI summary]    

Center for Railroad Photography & Art posted
Here's a steam spectacle as we change the calendar to October: Lehigh & New England Railroad 2-10-0 403 leads a westbound train of empty coal hoppers across the Lehigh River at the Lehigh Gap near Palmerton, Pennsylvania, in 1946. Photo by Robert A. Hadley, from the Center's archive (Hadley-10-182-01).

Photo provided by Wes B via BridgeHunter

HistoricBridges

Photo from american-rails via BridgeHunter

1960/61 Lehighton and Palmerton Quads @ 24,000

The pin location is from BridgeHunter. I added the blue line based on the topo map.

Satellite plus Paint

Rycher Edric posted
Near Palmerton Pa. the Lehigh & New England bridge.

Frevor Jones commented on Rycher's post, cropped
Postcard of the first train across... mailed by the guy in the postcard cool... im also the guy who helped restore the lehigh gap after 21 years this was my office

Bev Smith commented on Rycher's post

Trevor A. Nichols: Kyra Beers that bridge was abandoned in ‘61 and tore down in ‘67.

[Another comment said it was torn down Oct 8, 2008. But others disagreed with that.]