2 rail lines for Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak Pennsylvanian
Crosses
Susquehanna River
Locale
Just south of Marysville, Pennsylvania
Maintained by
Norfolk Southern Railway
Characteristics
Design
Stone masonry arch bridge
Total length
3,820 feet (1,164 m)
Width
52 feet (16 m)
Longest span
70 feet (21 m) (48 equal spans)
Clearance below
43 feet (13 m) to avg. level of rock bottom
History
Opened
March 30, 1902
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated
April 29, 2010[1]
Location
The Rockville Bridge is the longest stone masonry arch railroad viaduct ever built,[2] at 3,820 feet (1,160 m). It has 48 70-foot spans.[2]
The bridge crosses the Susquehanna River about 5 miles (8 km) north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The eastern end is located in Rockville and the western end is just south of Marysville.
Completed in 1902 by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), it remains in use today by the Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak's Pennsylvanian route.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1979.[3][4]
^"PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
^Treese, Lorett (2003). Railroads of Pennsylvania: Fragments of the Past in the Keystone Landscape. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. p. 77. ISBN 9780811726221.
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