South Road Bridge, North Central Railroad
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deano1943
N 39° 49.210 W 076° 45.613
18S E 349350 N 4409279
South Road Bridge is located off route 616, on Larue Road, Springfield Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMM87
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2006
Views: 11
South Road Bridge was used for many years by the Northern Central Railroad. The bridge is only one of two masonary arch bridges to incorporate both the use of stone and brick in its construction.
The bridge was built in 1871 by the Northern Central Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It appears that the bridge may have been updated with hand-rails on both sides of the bridge.
The bridge was built as a result of the widening of the railroad in order to lay a second set of tracks between York Pennsylvania, and Baltimore Maryland.
Since the railroad has gone out of business many years ago, today the bridge/railroad bed is used as a rail-trail for the Heritage Rail Trail County Park.
Bridge is owned by Local Government.
Structure #: 95000549
Street address:
Larue Road
Glen Rock, Pa. USA
17327
County / Borough / Parish: Springfield Township, York County
Year listed: 1995
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Transportation, rail related
Current function: Recreation, Rail-trail
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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