Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge
Carries Norfolk Southern
Crosses Susquehanna River
Locale Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Maintained by Norfolk Southern
Design Concrete Arch bridge
Opening date 1924

The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge carries Norfolk Southern rail lines across the Susquehanna River between Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It was originally built by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to connect its Harrisburg and Lurgan lines. The bridge has fifty-one concrete arches, three more than the Rockville Bridge.

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Bridges of the Susquehanna River
Upstream
South Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge
(ruins)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge
Downstream
John Harris Bridge