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Starrucca Creek Bridge

Starrucca Creek Bridge

The Starrucca Creek Bridge, a unique quadrangular lattice through truss, was erected over Starrucca Creek on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad in northeast Pennsylvania.


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 connection to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, later becoming part of their Penn Division.

The bridge over Starrucca Creek was replaced in 1904 with a quadrangle lattice through truss. A parallel plate girder bridge was added in 1929.

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 Brandt just east of Lanesboro in 1982. 1

The abandoned c. 1904 Starrucca Creek Bridge was renovated for use by pedestrians, cyclists, and horseback riders along the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail in 2019-20. The project was funded by the PA Recreational Trails Program, Federal Highway Administration and the state Bureau of Recreation and Conservation. 2

Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge
Starrucca Creek Bridge

Information

  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Route: Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail
  • Type: Quadrangle Lattice Through Truss
  • Status: Active - Pedestrian
  • Spans:
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. “Starrucca Viaduct.” American-Rails.com, 2020.
  2. Interpretative signage.

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