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The Harrison Avenue Bridge was a concrete
deck arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ( ...
carrying Harrison Avenue (unsigned SR 6011) in
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History and architectural features

Its three spans included an open-spandrel ribbed arch over Roaring Brook, flanked by two closed-spandrel arches. The southwestern closed-spandrel arch spanned the former
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(Laurel Line), converted to highway use in 1964 as the Central Scranton Expressway. The northeastern closed-spandrel arch spans the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, now a
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operated by Steamtown National Historic Site. Built between 1921 and 1922, the bridge was notable as an example of
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civic involvement, its construction having been promoted by a citizens' group called the South to East Scranton Bridge Association. It was designed by
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-based consulting engineer
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, although Scranton Department of Public Works chief engineer William A. Schunk and his assistant Charles F. Schroeder were more actively involved in day-to-day supervision of construction. The bridge was listed on the
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in 1988. Construction of a replacement bridge on a parallel alignment began in October 2014 and was completed in December 2017. The old bridge was demolished in June 2018.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Bridges See also *List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Notes Refe ...
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References


External links

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Anthracite Bridge Company
information at Structurae * *{{Structurae , id=20009583 , name=Harrison Avenue Bridge Bridges completed in 1922 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Scranton, Pennsylvania Bridges in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Concrete bridges in the United States Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States 1922 establishments in Pennsylvania