Sunday, October 12, 2025

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

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

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

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