South Road Bridge, Northern Central Railway is a historic stone
arch
An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it. Arches may support the load above them, or they may perform a purely decorative role. As a decorative element, the arch dates back to the 4th millennium BC, but stru ...
railroad bridge in
Springfield Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Springfield Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,028 at the 2020 census.
History
The South Road Bridge, Northern Central Railway was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1 ...
, USA. It was built about 1871. The
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
and brick bridge was built by 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 ...
and crosses the
South Branch Codorus Creek.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1995.
References
Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Bridges completed in 1871
Bridges in York County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania
Brick bridges in the United States
Stone arch bridges in the United States
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