Market Street Bridge | |
Location | Market St./LR 11 over Susquehanna River, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°14′55″N 75°53′7″W / 41.24861°N 75.88528°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1926-1929 |
Built by | Rae, Walter S. |
Architect | Carrère and Hastings |
MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88000873[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
The Market Street Bridge is a distinguished concrete arch bridge that crosses the Susquehanna River between Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
This bridge was designed by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings with consulting engineers Benjamin H. Davis and David A. Keefe,[2] and was built between 1926 and 1929.[3] The bridge is 1,274.3-foot-long (388.4 m) with twelve spans, including four main spans measuring 120-foot-long (37 m) each.[4] Six of the twelve arches are open spandrels.[citation needed]
The architects designed four triumphal arches (or pylons) surmounted by limestone eagles with partially spread wings, intended as a memorial to veterans of the First World War.[5][6] The paired pylons, two at each side of the bridge, are connected by a classical balustrade running the full length of the bridge.
In 1988, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1][7]