Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad is a historic wooden trestle railroad bridge in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1875, and measures about 393-foot-long (120 m) overall. It was built by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad to connect two rises of land divided by a ravine. It is one of only two trestle bridges to remain from the original railroad, the other being the Taylor trestle, in York Township, PA, between Red Lion, PA and Dallastown, PA.[2]

Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
LocationMaryland and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks over an unnamed stream, east of Bunker Hill Road, north of Delta, Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°43′44″N 76°19′49″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1875
ArchitectS.M. Manifold, John A. Barnett
Architectural styleTrestle
MPSRailroad Resources of York County MPS
NRHP reference No.95000550[1]
Added to NRHPMay 4, 1995

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Thomas N. Shaffer (June 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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