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Market Street Bridge
Market Street Bridge, Wilkes-Barre.jpg
Market Street Bridge in 1982
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Location in Pennsylvania
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Market Street Bridge (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Location in the United States
Location Market St./LR 11 over Susquehanna River, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Market Street Bridge is a distinguished concrete arch bridge over the Susquehanna River between Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, designed by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings and built between 1926 and 1929. 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. Six of the twelve arches are open spandrels. 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. 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.

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  • Market Street Bridge

    Market Street Bridge

  • MArket Street Bridge, Wilkes Barre

    Pylon and span

  • 07 Market Street Bridge, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

    Market Street Bridge entering Wilkes-Barre

  • Skyline from Kirby Park, showing Sterling Hotel and Market Street Bridge over Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Pa (63540)

    Postcard showing the bridge and Wilkes-Barre skyline

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-6

    North face

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-23

    Suggested plan for the bridge

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-24

    Construction

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-10

    Northeast pylon with Hotel Sterling in background

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-7

    Facing east from the bridge

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-1

    East entrance of bridge

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-2

    East entrance of bridge

  • Flood Walls on Market Street in Wilkes-Barre

    East entrance of bridge, with flood walls installed

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-13

    View of stairs and guardrail

  • Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA HAER PA-342-15

    Underside of a span

  • Downtown Wilkes Barre along the Susquehanna River

    Aerial view of Wilkes-Barre and the Market Street Bridge (seen on right)

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