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Marysville is the proud home of the historic Rockville Bridge. The bridge is 3,823 feet long - the longest stone masonry arch railroad bridge in the world!! Construction of the Rockville Bridge began simultaneously on the east and west shores of the Susquehanna River in 1900. Italian stone masons and Irish laborers completed construction on the 48 arch bridge on March 30, 1902. The bridge was opened for traffic on Easter Sunday morning, with the first train being the Atlantic Express, No. 20, with D16a 4-4-0 engine No. 30 doing the honors. Constructed to accommodate four tracks, it was reduced to three in the late 1900’s |
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The bridge is constructed of native sandstone from western Pennsylvania, primarily from quarries in Johnstown and Curwensville. Total weight is 440 million pounds (220,000 tons). Each of the 48 arches is 70 feet long.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was declared a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1979. The Rockville Bridge is still a vital railroad bridge that carries three tracks from Marysville to Rockville, PA.
Reference sources include:
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/visitors/seasonal/prr/dancupper.shtml
http://www.trainweb.org/horseshoecurve-nrhs/conrail.htm#Rockville
The image of the Rockville Bridge at the top of this page is used by permission of the photographer, Dave Kerr.
More of Dave's work can be seen at various websites, including RailPictures.net.
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