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3-4 VIEW OF EAST APPROACH, FROM SOUTHWEST. - Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
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Elliot, Joseph
Title
3-4 VIEW OF EAST APPROACH, FROM SOUTHWEST. - Market Street Bridge, Spanning East channel of Susquehanna River at Market Street (State Route 3012), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Description
Cret, Paul Philippe; Modjeski, Ralph; Masters, Frank N; James McGraw Company; Harrisburg Bridge Company; Central Construction Corporation; Melville, C Glennon; Cullinane, William; Indiana Quarries; Pennsylvania Department of Highways; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Semmer, Blythe, historian; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Dauphin County; Harrisburg
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,22-HARBU,27-5
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  • Significance: The river crossing where the bridge now stands had historically been the western gateway into Harrisburg. For over a century, spans here were operated by the Harrisburg Bridge Company, including the first bridge, the famous Camel Back covered bridge designed by Theodore Burr. Because the bridge was a toll crossing, the construction sequence was designed to interrupt traffic as little as possible and therefore maintain toll revenues...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N433
  • Survey number: HAER PA-455
  • Building/structure dates: 1926- 1928 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 88000759.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3573.photos.361095p
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Object location40° 16′ 25″ N, 76° 53′ 04.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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