Harrison Avenue Bridge

Harrison Avenue Bridge

The Harrison Avenue Bridge in March 2015, with the Central Scranton Expressway under the right-most arch.
Carries Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011)
Crosses Roaring Brook and Central Scranton Expressway
Locale Scranton, Pennsylvania
Other name(s) South-East Scranton Viaduct
Maintained by PennDOT
Characteristics
Design Open-spandrel deck arch
Material Concrete
Total length 407 feet (124 m)
Width 40 feet (12 m)
Longest span 202 feet (62 m)
Number of spans 3
History
Designer Abraham Burton Cohen
Constructed by Anthracite Bridge Company
Harrison Avenue Bridge
The Harrison Avenue Bridge in 1999.
Location in Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°24′00″N 75°39′05″W / 41.400000°N 75.651388°W / 41.400000; -75.651388Coordinates: 41°24′00″N 75°39′05″W / 41.400000°N 75.651388°W / 41.400000; -75.651388
Area less than one acre
Built 1922
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000767[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Harrison Avenue Bridge is a concrete deck arch bridge carrying Harrison Avenue (unsigned SR 6011) in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Its three spans include an open-spandrel ribbed arch over Roaring Brook, flanked by two closed-spandrel arches. The southwestern closed-spandrel arch spans the former Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (Laurel Line), converted to highway use in 1964 as the Central Scranton Expressway.[2] The northeastern closed-spandrel arch spans the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, now a heritage railroad operated by Steamtown National Historic Site.

Built in 1921-1922, the bridge is notable as an example of Progressive Era civic involvement, its construction having been promoted by a citizens' group called the South to East Scranton Bridge Association. It was designed by New York City-based consulting engineer Abraham Burton Cohen, although Scranton Department of Public Works chief engineer William A. Schunk and his assistant Charles F. Schroeder were more actively involved in day-to-day supervision of construction.[3] The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Henwood, James N. J.; Muncie, John G. (1986). Laurel Line: An Anthracite Region Railway. Glendale, CA: Interurban Press; reprint, Eynon, PA: Tribute Books, 2005. p. 186. ISBN 0976507234.
  3. ↑ Spivey, Justin M. (August 1998). "Harrison Avenue Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 10–11. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

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