Market Street Bridge (Susquehanna River)

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.^[2] The bridge carries BicyclePA Route J across the river.

Market Street Bridge
HAER photo of the Market Street Bridge
Coordinates	40°15′24″N 76°53′5″W
Carries	Market Street and BicyclePA Route J
Crosses	Susquehanna River
Locale	Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Maintained by	PennDOT
NBI Number	223012003000000[permanent dead link]
Characteristics
Design	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Total length	1,415 ft (431 m)[1]
Width	59 ft (18 m)
Load limit	49 metric tons (54 short tons)
History
Constructed by	Modjeski & Masters, Paul Philippe Cret
Built	1928
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.	88000759
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1988
Location

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

Postcard of the bridge circa 1930-1945

The Camelback Bridge was the first bridge built to cross the Susquehanna River. The Theodore Burr designed 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.^[3]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• 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

1. Federal Highway Administration (2008). "Place Name: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania NBI Structure Number: 223012003000000; Facility Carried: SR 3012". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved December 4, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]} Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patricia Remy (November 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Market Street Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-16.
3. City of Harrisburg (2002). "Harrisburg Visitor's Guide: Center City Sights". harrisburgpa.gov/. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2006-11-29.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-455, "Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA", 8 photos, 2 color transparencies, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page