Several arch bridges remain on the abandoned Monongahela Railway Dunlap Branch between Brownsville and Huron, Pennsylvania.
Several arch bridges remain on the abandoned Monongahela Railway Dunlap Branch between Brownsville and Huron, Pennsylvania.
In 1903, the Dunlap Creek Branch was constructed by the Connellsville & Monongahela Railway (leased by the Monongahela Railroad) between Brownsville and Huron, serving several bituminous coal mines and coke works, and connecting with the B&O. 1 It included numerous stone arch bridges and the Simpson Tunnel. By 1911, the Monongahela served seven mines and fifty-one coke works, including thirty-four coke works and one mine on the Dunlap Creek Branch. Its daily rated output was 1,395 cars of coke and 280 cars of coal.
The final movement on the Dunlap Creek Branch occurred on November 6, 1975. 1
Details
- State: Pennsylvania
- Route: Monongahela Railway
- Status: Abandoned or Closed
- Type: Closed Spandrel Arch, Stone Arch
Sources
- Gratz, David E., and Terry E. Arbogast. The Monongahela Railway: Its History and Operation, 1903–1993. Hundman Publishing, 1993.