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Re: (erielack) DL&W Cedar Avenue Bridge in downtown Scranton coming down.



Yes, Paul it was.Funny we always have the money to remove passenger rail facilities. In this case $400,000 then there is the cost of the walkway to replace it. This was part of the China Wall... that's what some DL&W guys called it.(The passenger mains). It would have to be proved to me, that this ;massive span has un repairable problems.  Just wait untill you see what this project costs when it's done! I've seen this before. I think  it could be fixed. Lance Erickson

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From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <paul.

>; Link has video of the demolition of th eformer DL&W bridge...
> > http://www.wnep.com/wnep-lacka-railroad-bridge-cedar-ave-comin
> g-down-in-scranton-20110712,0,4290648.story
> > The Lackawanna railroad bridge that has been around for more> than 100 years just west of the station in Scranton is being> torn down. The bridge at Cedar Avenue has been condemned> since the 1980s and is causing safety issues for drivers.This> was the former Mainline, the freight trackage with> "Lackawanna Railroad" painted on it carries all NPS, Delaware> Lackawanna Railroad traffic.
Wasn't this the bridge that was part of the "high line" that was used to get inand out of the station by passenger trains?

    - Paul

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