Saturday, July 20, 2024

1915 NS/CP/D&H/WBCRR Gauntlet Bridge over Susquehanna River in Wilkes-Barre, PA

(Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

WBCRR = Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad

An aerial photo of the bridge

Sebastian Segiel posted
NS #8005 and #9849 crossing the Susquehanna River
Raymond Bozek: 11Z-13
Erik Vince: Damn that river is still high

Sebastian Segiel posted
Norfolk Southern 1074 on her 'home' turf.

It has a long approach viaduct on the west side.
Street View, Dec 2022

ModelTrainForum, 1 of several photos

Note the concrete structure to the right of the middle of this photo. One set of tracks ended there. A comment on this photo speculates that a coal unloading trestle used to be here.
Street View, Apr 2012

This is a view of the east side of that concrete structure.
ViewOfTheBlue, 1 of several photos of the bridge. This webpage also has a history of the Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad. The WBCRR was a joint effort by D&H and Pennsy, which was incorporated in 1912. "The entire line of 6.641 miles was completed and placed in operation on March 29, 1915."

I could not find the location of this bridge, but the photo shows how high the river got during the Hurricane Agnes Flood.
The United States National Guard, “Wilkes-Barre, Pa - Military Helicopter Aerial Of Railroad Bridge Over The Susquehanna River And Hurricane Agnes Flood”. Wilkes University, Wilkes University - Hurricane Agnes Flood photographs, July 1970. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A114929.

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