South Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

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bridge_name= South Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge


caption= Ruins from 1885
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crosses= Susquehanna River
locale= (ruins) Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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design= Stone Arch bridge
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lat= 40.2493
long= -76.8834

The South Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge would have carried the South Pennsylvania Railroad rail lines across the Susquehanna River between Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Work began on the South Penn and was abruptly halted by banker J. P. Morgan in 1885 when he called a truce in the railroad wars that threatened to undermine investor confidence in the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads. [cite web| url=http://www.harrisburgriverboat.com/bridges.htm| date=November 29, 2006| title= Bridges on the Susquehanna River|first=| last=Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society| publisher=harrisburgriverboat.com| accessdate=2006-11-29] Eight piers still rise from the water at the west side of the river near the current location of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Susquehanna River

References

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structure = Bridges
place = Susquehanna River
bridge = South Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (ruins)
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upstream = Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge
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downstream = Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge
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