It looks a lot like the LV bridge at Easton, PA. Except that the LV bridge has a "fishbelly" truss, where the Mill Rift bridge is a simple (straight) truss. The pin-connected members surely look like "old" technology, as compared to riveted connections. Frank > I was looking at the January picture and more than the locomotives I was > captivated by the close up picture of the bridge. Mill Rift looks like a very > old structure that had been upgraded to handle heavier traffic, maybe in the > 20s. When was the bridge built? It will probably be able to continue to carry > traffic well into the 21st Century. > > Ed Montgomery ------------------------------
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