Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

Market Street Bridge
Market Street Bridge, 1982
Location Market St./LR 11 over Susquehanna River, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°14′55″N 75°53′7″W / 41.24861°N 75.88528°WCoordinates: 41°14′55″N 75°53′7″W / 41.24861°N 75.88528°W
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1926-1929
Built by Rae, Walter S.
Architect Carrere & Hastings
Governing body State
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000873[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Market Street Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge over the Susquehanna River between Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the noted architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings and built between 1926 and 1929. It is a 1,274.3-foot-long (388.4 m) bridge with 12 spans. There are four main spans, each measuring 120-foot-long (37 m).[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Edward P. Osnick (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Market Street Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-09.

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