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Harpursville Railroad Bridge

Harpursville Railroad Bridge

The Harpursville Railroad Bridge was erected over Susquehanna River on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad in Harpursville, New York.


The Jefferson Railroad, chartered in 1864 with the goal of constructing a line between Carbondale, Pennsylvania and the Erie Railroad’s main line at Lanesboro. 1 The line was financed and constructed by the Erie Railroad in 1869-72. The Delaware & Hudson Railway (D&H) gained trackage rights over the route as an important through connection to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, later becoming part of their Penn Division.

The bridge over the Susquehanna River was replaced in 1908 with a three-span Pratt through truss.

In the early 1980s, the D&H purchased the former Erie Lackawanna Scranton to Binghamton mainline and diverted all through traffic off of the Penn Division between Carbondale and Lanesboro in 1982. 1 The remainder of the Penn Division from Lanesboro to Nineveh, New York, was used for over-height vehicles, typically from General Electric in Schenectady to the Erie at Lanesboro. The bridge was abandoned after the Belden Hill Tunnel was enlarged on the D&H line between Binghamton and Schenectady was enlarged to accommodate double-stack containers and the over-height shipments in 1986.

Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge
Harpursville Railroad Bridge

Information

  • State: New York
  • Route: Delaware & Hudson Railway
  • Type: Pratt Through Truss
  • Status: Abandoned / Closed
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