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Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss bridge on a freight railroad.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N623

Survey number: HAER PA-540

Building/structure dates: 1896-1899 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Schall, F E

Union Bridge Company

Terry & Tench Construction Company

Easton & Northern Railroad

Lehigh Valley Railroad

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)

DeLony, Eric N, project manager

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor

Spivey, Justin M, historian

Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer

West Easton , 40.68843, -75.22073

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

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