Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Completed in 1848 at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $11,268,923 today), it was at the time the world's largest stone railway viaduct and was thought to be the most expensive railway bridge as well.

Apr 22, 2020 · At its completion, it was the world’s largest stone railway viaduct. It is also thought to have been the world’s most expensive railroad bridge ever built and the first use of structural concrete in an American bridge.

Jul 26, 2020 · The girder bridge dates to 1929, and rests on concrete abutments. The other bridge dates to 1904, and sits on stone abutments. The newer bridge was removed in June of 2016 by Canadian Pacific, present day owner of the D&H R-O-W, due to issues with high water.

Starrucca Viaduct is in the Endless Mountains region of Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County, not far from the PA/NY border. This stunning bridge dates back to 1848 and remains one of the world's tallest railroad stone arch bridges, with piers ranging from 90-100 feet.

The Starrucca Viaduct is a historic stone bridge near Lanesboro. Built in 1848, it is the oldest railroad bridge in Pennsylvania that is still in use today. It is smaller and older than the nearby Tunkhannock Viaduct, but its history is just as impressive.

Built nearly a century apart, both the Starrucca Viaduct and the Martin’s Creek Viaduct in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania stand as brilliant markers in the civil engineering history and as bridges to the future of the railroad industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Aug 24, 2024 · Erie Railroad's Starrucca Viaduct was a massive 1,000-foot stone-arch bridge built in the late 1840s designed by James P. Kirkwood. It is still in use today.

Historic Arch Bridge in Lanesboro Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. One of the oldest and longest railroad bridges in Pennsylvania, this is one of the largest stone railroad bridges in the country.

"The high arch stone viaduct of the Erie Railroad at Lanesboro is built of Catskill bluestone which has a weathered to greenish gray to rust color. The stone was quarried at Stevens Point and dressed to joint-face and rock-face random ashlar.

Nov 2, 2020 · The massive Starrucca Viaduct carries the Central New York Railroad over Starrucca Creek in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. The stone arch bridge was constructed for the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway.