Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge

The Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge once carried the York Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad across the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and is therefore considered a Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge. It and its predecessors were a vital commercial and passenger linkage between Philadelphia and Baltimore for over 100 years. Several bridges have been built on the site, with the first wooden covered bridge erected in the ... more

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  • 1,638.3 m (5375 ft )

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