Comments on: Rockville Bridge

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:19:25 +0000

The Rockville bridge claims to be the longest stone arch RAILROAD bridge in the world. Not necessarily the longest stone arch bridge. This is the 3rd Rockville bridge. It was built next to #2 which was an iron trussed double track bridge and kept in service until #3 was finished. #3 carried 4 sets of tracks originally. Now only three. Bridge #1 was a wooden truss single track.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:00:05 +0000

yeah i live like right next to this bridge. i see it every day. my mom told me when i was like 7 that it was the longest stone arch bridge in the world. i thought it was pretty awesome.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:56:44 +0000

yes, the first statue that was placed there is no longer on the premises (perhaps it was indeed on the previous Rockville Bridge) but there was a new miniature Lady Liberty placed on one of the piers of the former Northern Central Railway’s bridge, as well as the Twin Towers on another pier.

This can be seen while traveling Rt. 322 on the way to Halifax

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:41:20 +0000

Upon doing some research, the Anping Bridge in China is one of the longest stone bridges in the world, but it’s not arched. So yes, Hbg is still the home of the longest stone ARCHED bridge in the world.

The statue erected was a scaled down version of the statue of liberty, which is no longer there, but once sat in the middle of the susquehanna river.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:14:19 +0000

in response to Flababo’s comment, that was actually a different bridge for a different railway, however there are old piers of the previous Rockville Bridge directly beside it (upstream)

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:23:36 +0000

That train that is crossing the bridge is carrying truck trailers (also known as intermodal) and is led by four locomotives from Norfolk Southern Railroad.

By: Flababo

Flababo — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:47:02 +0000

If you look to the north, you can see the remnants piers from the ‘original’ Rockville bridge. On one of the ones close to the eastern bank, someone erected a statue.

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:35:26 +0000

If you zoom in, about a third of way from the west bank of the river, you’ll see two arches that are lighter than the others. About 10 years ago, part of the bridge crumbled, spilling a couple cars with coal into the river. The lighter section is the repaired section. I think the repair used similar rocks in order to keep the bridge looking as original as possible.

By: China Law Blog

China Law Blog — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:34:27 +0000

Great shot! China has a huge number of old bridges. Unfortunately, many are getting torn down in the name of “progress/modernity.”

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:39:23 +0000

Cool! I’ve seen that bridge many times while crossing the Suquenhanna River on RT 81 which is directly below, just did not know it was a world record holder.

BTW, also note the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power station just a bit due south.

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