Veterans' Memorial Bridge (Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge) | road bridge

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Wrightsville Columbia Bridge, world's longest concrete arch bridge. Neighboring piers from a previous train/car bridge built on the Lincoln Highway. Previous bridge burnt by Union Soldiers to prevent Confederate Army from advancing any further East, so they went back to Gettysburg.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia-Wrightsville_Bridge
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Coordinates:   40°1'44"N   76°31'0"W

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  • I went to school in Wrightsville from 1951 to 1959. I remember going down to the river at lunch time--we had an hour for lunch--and finding little rectangular row boat, that someone had made from some boards, I paddled out under the huge concrete arches of the Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge. Then I went over to the piers of the old railway bridge. As a nine or ten-year-old I was fascinated by these magnificent structures. I was also fascinated with how many other bridges--wooden ones--had stood at this same location before these. It is interesting that this bridge is still the longest concrete arch bridge in the world.
  • The Bridge has been closed twice in recent days for.....mayfly swarms! http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/route-bridge-over-susquehanna-river-open-after-mayflies-forced-closure/article_bf83b83a-1249-11e5-b1c0-63a72464803a.html
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