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PA 92 continues through more forests with some farm fields and homes before reaching the New York border, where the road continues into that state as NY 79. [1] [4] Between Tunkhannock and Susquehanna Depot, PA 92 is known as the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway, a Pennsylvania Scenic Byway. [5]
HAER PA-92, HABS PA-1669: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls: CSX Trenton Subdivision: 1890 Wrought iron plate girder; HAER PA-553: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct
The Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway follows PA 92 between Tunkhannock, Wyoming County and Lanesboro, Susquehanna County. The byway provides access to two railroad viaducts, the Starrucca Viaduct and the Tunkhannock Viaduct , along with the Susquehanna County Historical Society Museum and The Florence Shelly Preserve.
The P&R built the viaduct, 1853–56, to carry coal cars to the company's coal terminal on the Delaware River in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. The bridge's design is unusual. Because it crosses the river at an oblique angle, it was constructed as a ribbed skew arch bridge, with each span composed of a series of offset stone ...
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover. Pages in category "Viaducts in the United States" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total.
The Schuylkill River Bridge (also known as the Diamond Run Viaduct) [1] is a bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Turnpike across the Schuylkill River. [2]This section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which is located between two major interchanges, became "the most heavily traveled four-lane section of the turnpike" following its opening, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
The Manayunk Bridge (also known as the Manayunk Viaduct, Pencoyd Viaduct, and Schuylkill River Railroad Bridge [1]) is an S-shaped former railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River, Schuylkill Canal and Schuylkill Expressway, that connects Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County and the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Salisbury Viaduct is a bridge in Somerset County, Pennsylvania near Meyersdale that spans the Casselman River valley. Built in 1912 by the Western Maryland Railway for its Connellsville Extension, it was built to accommodate two tracks, but only one was ever installed.