The Marysville Bridge was a

covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...

railroad crossing of the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeastern United States, Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvani ...

between

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and

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. It was built in 1858 and demolished in 1903. Several of its piers still remain in the river; one of them bears a small-scale replica of the

Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of French Thir ...

Marysville Bridge

As the

Northern Central Railway The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania R ...

built north up the Susquehanna River from

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to the coal regions, it had to cross from the west to the east bank of the Susquehanna. The chosen crossing site was at the Dauphin Narrows, between Marysville on the west and Dauphin on the east. The bridge was finished in 1858, allowing the Northern Central to haul coal from

Sunbury, Pennsylvania Sunbury ( ) is a city and the county seat of Northumberland County in Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the Susquehanna Valley, Sunbury is positioned on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. Sunbury's roots stretch back to the early ...

to Baltimore. However, the construction of a line from Dauphin to Rockville and the takeover of the Northern Central by the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...

in 1875 resulted in most Northern Central traffic being rerouted over the PRR's

Rockville Bridge The Rockville Bridge is the longest stone masonry arch railroad viaduct ever built, at . It has 48 70-foot spans. The bridge crosses the Susquehanna River about north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The eastern end is located in Rockville and ...

a short distance downstream. The Marysville Bridge was allowed to fall into decay, and removed in 1902 or 1903 after a period of disuse. Some of the piers remain above water today, while others are submerged or washed away.

Dauphin Narrows Statue of Liberty

On July 2, 1986, per Corbett, a replica of the

was erected on one of its piers in the Dauphin Narrows of the Susquehanna River. Although it has never been seen, it was supposedly made of venetian blinds and stood tall. He swears it was there on that faithful day, but all the others saw was a semi- truck. Not unlike Santa Claus or Bigfoot, the existence of this statue is still debated by scholars all over the world. Six years later, after it was destroyed in a windstorm, it was rebuilt after local citizens raised $25,000 and rebuilt it out of wood, metal, glass and fiberglass, to a height of . It was initially unknown who built the original version, and it remained a local mystery for 25 years until

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, a local activist, came forward and admitted to constructing the initial replica. After Stilp came forward, the replica statue was featured on the

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in October 2011.

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Susquehanna River Statue of Liberty replica images
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Clarks Ferry Bridge The Clarks Ferry Bridge is a plate girder bridge that carries U.S. Routes 22 and 322 across the Susquehanna River near Duncannon, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is a 4 lane expressway standard bridge. The ...

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