| Market Street Bridge | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
_HAER_color_1.jpg) HAER photo of the Market Street Bridge
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Pennsylvania |
| County | Cumberland, Dauphin |
| City | Harrisburg |
| Road | Market Street (3 lanes) |
| Crosses | Susquehanna River |
| Coordinates | 40°15′7″N 76°53′12″W / 40.25194°N 76.88667°W |
| Length | 1,415 ft (431 m) [1] |
| - Mainspan | 89 ft (27 m) |
| Width | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Architect | Modjecki & Masters, Paul Philippe Cret |
| Material | Stone |
| Built | 1928 |
| Governing Body | PennDOT |
| NBI Number | 223012003000000 |
| NRHP Ref Number | 88000759 |
| ADT | 12,825 [1] |
| Load | 49 metric tons (54 short tons) [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
  Location of the Market Street Bridge in Pennsylvania
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| Wikimedia Commons: Market Street Bridge (Harrisburg) | |
The Market Street Bridge is a stone arch bridge that spans the Susquehanna River between Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania. The current structure is the third bridge built at its current location and is the second oldest remaining bridge in Harrisburg.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988 and was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1997.
History
The Camelback Bridge was the first bridge built to cross the Susquehanna River. The bridge was built by Jacob Nailor, starting in 1814, and was opened as a toll bridge in 1820. The Camelback remained the only bridge until the Walnut Street Bridge was built in 1890. In 1902, the Camelback Bridge was destroyed by a flood and in 1905 a two-lane replacement bridge was erected at the same location. The current structure is the result of the widening of the replacement bridge in 1926. Columns at the Harrisburg entrance to the bridge were salvaged from the old State Capitol which burned in 1897.[2]
See also
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- List of crossings of the Susquehanna River
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
References
- ^ a b c Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory (2008). "Place Name: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania NBI Structure Number: 223012003000000; Facility Carried: SR 3012". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=42&struct=223012003000000. Retrieved on December 4, 2008. Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/2006/PA06.txt. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
- ^ City of Harrisburg (2002). "Harrisburg Visitor's Guide: Center City Sights". harrisburgpa.gov/. http://www.harrisburgpa.gov/visitors/centerCity/centralBusiness2.html. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
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