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Enola Low Grade Trail over the Safe Harbor Trestle 2022. The portion of the right of way that was transferred to the Lancaster County municipalities is now a 29-mile (47 km) rail trail named the Enola Low Grade Trail. [5] The eight municipalities have opened their sections at varying rates, with the first opening in September 2011.
Construction end. 1905. Opened. 1906. Rebuilt. 1930. Location. The Safe Harbor Bridge also known as the Safe Harbor Trestle, Port Road Bridge and the Enola Low Grade Line (A&S Railroad) Steel Trestle is a steel deck truss trestle that spans the Conestoga River at Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River for the Port Road Branch and ...
In 1836, the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad (HPMt.J&L RR) built a connecting line from Dillerville, just west of Lancaster, to Mount Joy. [6] Building from both ends, the line was completed from Dillerville to Harrisburg in 1838. [6] This bypassed the canal between Harrisburg and Columbia.
The Conestoga Trail is a 65.8-mile (105.9 km) linear hiking trail in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The trail connects several relatively short and discontinuous footpaths with walks on paved roads. About 53% of the network's distance is made up of road walking, and those segments are intended to showcase the rural scenery of Lancaster County ...
Pennsylvania Route 272. Pennsylvania Route 272 (PA 272) is a 54.7-mile-long (88.0 km) highway in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the Lancaster area. The southern terminus of the route is at the Mason–Dixon line southeast of Nottingham, where the road continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 272 (MD 272).
Enola Yard is a large rail yard located in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, along the western shore of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Built in 1905 and expanded through the 1930s, Enola yard was the world's largest freight yard in 1956. [1] It remains in operation today, though it has long since been eclipsed in size ...
Former Port Road Branch of Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad. Safe Harbor Trestle. Rail bridge. Safe Harbor. 39°55′31″N 76°23′03″W. / 39.92528°N 76.38417°W / 39.92528; -76.38417 ( Safe Harbor Trestle) Former Enola Low Grade Line ( Atglen and Susquehanna Railroad ) Bridge. Powerhouse Road.
The Conestoga Creek Viaduct spans the Conestoga River east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The present structure, built in 1887–88, is a five-span, two-track stone arch railroad bridge. The first crossing at this location was a 1,412 feet (430 m) series of 11 wooden Town lattice trusses constructed in 1829 for the Columbia and Philadelphia ...