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31: 30: 317: 408: 308:, which abandoned the A&S branch in 1989. The tracks were removed from the upper bridge in 1990. The upper portion has been repurposed to serve as part of the Enola Low Grade Trail. 398: 98: 433: 438: 428: 423: 304:. The lower span was raised 4 feet (1.2 m) in 1930, concurrent with the construction of the Safe Harbor Dam. In 1976 the PRR lines became part of 413: 403: 393: 322: 418: 271: 344: 45: 287: 369: 38: 190: 259: 108: 364: 349:
Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster, PA
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
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55 feet (17 m); 92 feet (28 m) (between lower & upper bridge)
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Enola Low Grade Line (A&S Railroad) Steel Trestle
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Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
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Coordinates
39°55′31″N 76°23′03″W / 39.92528°N 76.38417°W / 39.92528; -76.38417
Conestoga River
Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Norfolk Southern Railway
Deck girder
Pratt truss
Pennsylvania Steel Company
deck truss
trestle
Conestoga River
Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Port Road Branch
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
Susquehanna River
Atglen and Susquehanna Branch
Pennsylvania Railroad
Safe Harbor Dam
Conrail
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
List of crossings of the Conestoga River


Historic American Engineering Record
Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster, PA
Bridge photos
Trestle Construction
Safe Harbor Trestle Bridge on Flickr - by Veender

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