The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a Reinforced Concrete

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 ...

that carries Pennsylvania Routes 61 and

147 147 may refer to: * 147 (number), a natural number * AD 147, a year of the Julian calendar, in the second century * 147 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar * 147 AH, a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 764 – 765 CE ...

across the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

near

Sunbury, Pennsylvania Sunbury is a city and county seat of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, just downstream of the confluence of its main and west ...

. It is 6,657 feet long and was constructed from June 1929 to September 1930 at a cost of $2,484,000.

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Bridges over the Susquehanna River Monuments and memorials in Pennsylvania Bridges in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Bridges in Snyder County, Pennsylvania Road bridges in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub