List of crossings of the Susquehanna River
List of Susquehanna River crossings proceeding upstream from the river mouth at the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, USA, generally northward through Pennsylvania toward the main branch headwaters in New York. The West Branch crossings are listed afterward.
This list includes active road, railroad, foot, and trail bridges, dams, fords, ferries, and historic crossings. Presently it does not include historic ferry crossings. Railroad lines are generally as shown on the USGS topographic maps, which may not have been updated to reflect the creation of Conrail in the 1970s, which absorbed many lines in this area.
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Main Branch
Main Branch crossings are listed from the mouth of the river in the Chesapeake Bay up to the source at Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, New York.
In a geological sense, the Chesapeake Bay is just the ria, submerged valley, of the Susquehanna River. In that sense the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge crossings precede those in the conventional list below.
Maryland
Pennsylvania
York County – Lancaster County
Bridge | Route | Location | Coordinates |
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Norman Wood Bridge | PA 372 | York County and Lancaster County | 39°49′00″N 76°19′26″W / 39.81667°N 76.32389°W |
Holtwood Dam | No public thoroughfare | York County and Lancaster County | 39°49′36″N 76°20′10″W / 39.82667°N 76.33611°W |
Safe Harbor Dam | No public thoroughfare | York County and Lancaster County | 39°55′13″N 76°23′33″W / 39.92028°N 76.39250°W |
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge | PA 462 | Wrightsville and Columbia | 40°01′41″N 76°31′05″W / 40.02806°N 76.51806°W |
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (demolished) | Wrightsville and Columbia | 40°01′42″N 76°31′14″W / 40.02833°N 76.52056°W | |
Wrightsville Dam | (low head, former canal feeder) | Wrightsville and Columbia | 40°01′57″N 76°31′13″W / 40.03250°N 76.52028°W |
Wright's Ferry Bridge | US 30 | Wrightsville and Columbia | 40°02′09″N 76°31′20″W / 40.03583°N 76.52222°W |
Shocks Mills Bridge (railroad) | Norfolk Southern | Wago Junction and Marietta | 40°03′39″N 76°38′16″W / 40.06083°N 76.63778°W |
Harrisburg area
Between Juniata River and West Branch Susquehanna River
Northumberland, Montour, and Columbia Counties
Luzerne County and Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming and Bradford Counties
New York
Tioga County
Bridge | Route | Location | Notes | Coordinates |
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Southern Tier Expressway bridges | NY 17 | Ellistown, Barton town and Litchfield, Nichols town | two twin bridges, on either side of island | 42°00′28″N 76°27′55″W / 42.00778°N 76.46528°W |
Smithboro and Nichols Bridge (ruin) | Smithboro and Hoopers Valley | 42°01′45″N 76°24′01″W / 42.02917°N 76.40028°W | ||
NY 282 | Smithboro and Nichols village | 42°01′42″N 76°23′05″W / 42.02833°N 76.38472°W | ||
Court Street Bridge | NY 96 NY 38(topo) |
Owego | Connects NY 434 and NY 17 (future I-86) with NY 17C
Fifth bridge on site; completely rebuilt in 2003 |
42°06′01″N 76°15′37″W / 42.10028°N 76.26028°W |
Hiawatha Bridge | NY 434 CONN NY 17 Access Road (Reference Route 960J) |
Owego | Connects NY 434 and NY 17 to NY 17C
Expressway standard; opened in 1968 |
42°05′28″N 76°13′47″W / 42.09111°N 76.22972°W |
Apalachin-Campville Bridge also known as "Millennium Bridge" | NY 962J (Valley View Drive) | Apalachin and Campville | Connects NY 434 and NY 17 (Exit 66) to NY 17C
Opened 2001 |
42°04′01″N 76°08′35″W / 42.06694°N 76.14306°W |
Western Broome County (Binghamton Area)
Bridge | Route | Location | Notes | Coordinates |
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Vestal–Endicott Bridge | CR 48 | Vestal and Endicott | Connects Vestal Road and North Main Street with Vestal Avenue | 42°05′31″N 76°03′21″W / 42.09194°N 76.05583°W |
Thomas J. Watson Memorial Bridge | NY 26 | Vestal and Endicott | Connects NY 434 and NY 17 (Exit 67) with NY 17C
Expressway; opened in 1962 |
42°05′45″N 76°02′37″W / 42.09583°N 76.04361°W |
NY 17 | Vestal and Endicott | Four lane | 42°06′01″N 76°01′28″W / 42.10028°N 76.02444°W | |
Johnson City Power Plant dam | Willow Point and Johnson City | 42°06′39″N 75°58′40″W / 42.11083°N 75.97778°W | ||
railroad bridge | Erie Lackawanna Railway | Willow Point and Johnson City | 42°06′36″N 75°58′36″W / 42.11000°N 75.97667°W | |
C. Fred Johnson Bridge | NY 201 | Willow Point and Johnson City | Connects NY 434 and Vestal Road with the Johnson City flyover and roundabout[2] and effectively NY 17 (Exit 70) and Harry L. Drive
Expressway; opened in 1954 |
42°06′12″N 75°58′09″W / 42.10333°N 75.96917°W |
dam | Binghamton | on either side of I. | 42°05′37″N 75°56′46″W / 42.09361°N 75.94611°W | |
dam | Binghamton | just above confluence of Chenango River | 42°05′32″N 75°54′59″W / 42.09222°N 75.91639°W | |
South Washington Street Parabolic Bridge | Closed to vehicular traffic | Binghamton | Connects NY 434 and Conklin Avenue with NY 992E
Only pedestrian and bicycle traffic allowed; closed to vehicular traffic for decades; triple lenticular truss bridge dating to 1886 |
42°05′33″N 75°54′53″W / 42.09250°N 75.91472°W |
State Street Bridge | NY 434 | Binghamton | Carries NY 434 to NY 363, NY 992E, and US 11
Interchanges with Conklin Avenue and Tremont Avenue |
42°05′35″N 75°54′41″W / 42.09306°N 75.91139°W |
Exchange Street Bridge | Binghamton | Connects Conklin Avenue with NY 363 | 42°05′47″N 75°54′28″W / 42.09639°N 75.90778°W | |
Rockbottom Dam | Binghamton | 42°05′38″N 75°54′17″W / 42.09389°N 75.90472°W | ||
Rockbottom Street Bridge | Binghamton | Removed in mid-first decade of the 21st century. | 42°05′39″N 75°54′11″W / 42.09417°N 75.90306°W | |
Tompkins Street Bridge | NY 7 | Binghamton | Connects US 11 with Binghamton’s Southside | 42°06′05″N 75°53′49″W / 42.10139°N 75.89694°W |
Railroad Bridge | Erie Lackawanna Railway | Binghamton | 42°06′08″N 75°52′44″W / 42.10222°N 75.87889°W | |
Conklin-Kirkwood Road Bridge | CR 177 | Conklin and Kirkwood | Connects NY 7 with Spud Lane, Colesville Road, and effectively US 11 and the NY 17 – I-81 concurrency | 42°05′41″N 75°50′17″W / 42.09472°N 75.83806°W |
Conklin Forks Road Bridge | CR 20 | Conklin Forks and Kirkwood | Connects County Route 8 and County Route 141 with Bridge Street, US 11 and I-81 (Exit 1). | 42°02′11″N 75°48′10″W / 42.03639°N 75.80278°W |
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
Bridge | Route | Location | Notes | Coordinates |
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Main Street Bridge | US 11 | Hallstead and Great Bend | 41°57′49″N 75°44′30″W / 41.96361°N 75.74167°W | |
Interstate Bridges | Interstate 81 | Hallstead and Great Bend | twin spans | 41°57′49″N 75°44′15″W / 41.96361°N 75.73750°W |
Railroad bridges | Conrail | Susquehanna and Oakland via I. | bridge on either side of I. | 41°56′34″N 75°37′12″W / 41.94278°N 75.62000°W |
Oakland Dam | No public thoroughfare | Susquehanna and Oakland | low head dam | 41°56′37″N 75°37′01″W / 41.94361°N 75.61694°W |
Bridge | PA 92 PA 171 |
Susquehanna and Oakland | Recent construction (not on topos) | 41°56′52″N 75°36′26″W / 41.94778°N 75.60722°W |
Westfall Avenue | Susquehanna and Oakland | 41°56′55″N 75°36′16″W / 41.94861°N 75.60444°W |
New York
Eastern Broome County
- CR 28 Bridge (Chapel St in Windsor)
- Ouaquaga Bridge, road bridge crossing the river in Ouaquaga. The bridge is claimed to be the only double lenticular truss bridge in New York State. The bridge, opened in 1889, has since been bypassed, but still exists as a landmark. A parking lot has been built for the bridge and an adjacent river access.
- CR 229 Bridge (Bridge St in Center Village) Built in 1990.
- Old Center Village Bridge, parallel to CR 229 bridge. Built in 1890; still stands, but closed to all traffic in 1990.
- I-88 Bridges. Double Two lane Concrete bridges that are located in the Town of Colesville, just south of the hamlet of Nineveh
- CR 233 Bridge in Nineveh
Chenango County
- I-88 Exit 7/State Route 41 Bridge located in the Village of Afton.
- I-88 Exit 8/State Route 206 Bridge, is located in the Village of Bainbridge, NY, the newest version of the Route 206 bridge was completed in 2007. This bridge sits on the site of the previous bridge, which existed from 1958 to 2007. The newest iteration is the 5th bridge built on that site. The original crossing was a two lane wooden covered bridge from the late 18th century that collapsed during a winter ice jam. Part of the wooden deck of the original bridge can be seen in the river bed below the North end of the bridge, off the western side.
Otsego County / Delaware County
- State Route 8 Bridge, a Girder bridge located on the west end of the Village of Sidney, this bridge provides two wide lanes of traffic for I-88's connection to Route 8.
- Main St. Bridge, Village of Sidney, a Truss bridge located in the Village of Sidney on Main St.
- D&H Trestle, A Delaware and Hudson Railway Trestle bridge located in the East end of the Village of Sidney.
- I-88 Exit 10 Bridge, Town of Unadilla, A modern concrete crossing that connects Village of Unadilla to Interstate 88.
- Bridge Street Bridge, Town of Unadilla, Demolished.
- I-88 Exit 11 Bridge, Town of Unadilla/Sidney, a.k.a. the Green Bridge, located in the Village of Unadilla, is a large two span iron Truss bridge connects the Village of Unadilla to Interstate 88 via State Route 357.
- Wells Bridge (Original), The original Wells Bridge is a two lane Iron truss Bridge with a "holey deck" that is accessible to pedestrians, only. There are gates at each end of the bridge to prevent vehicle traffic, and the maximum weight is listed as 10 people.
- County Route 44 Bridge, Hamlet of Wells Bridge (1990s), An upstream replacement for the old Iron Truss Bridge. Built as a two lane Girder bridge and located in the Hamlet of Wells Bridge. Connects Wells Bridge to the Town of Sidney.
Otsego County
- I-88 Exit 12, Otego Bridge, A modern concrete crossing that connects Village of Otego to Interstate 88.
- Otego's River St Bridge, A Iron bridge w/ Asphalt deck which had been built in 1905, but was closed to all traffic in 1977 and demolished in 1987. Prior to closing, it provided a quick connection from River Street in Village of Otego to the Village of Franklin via County Route 48 (also known as the Back River Rd).
- D&H Trestle, A Delaware and Hudson Railway Through Truss Bridge located approximately 0.35 miles north of River Street in the Village of Otego.
- Ryndes Bridge, A Delaware and Hudson Railway Trestle bridge named in honor of D&H Engineer James Ryndes, who died when an earlier bridge at the same location collapsed underneath his train and fell into the Susquehanna River. This bridge is located in the SE corner of Town of Otego just west of the I-88 Town of Otego Bridges and 2.85 miles north of Otego Village.
- I-88 Bridges, Town of Otego, twin concrete bridges located in the SE corner of Otego (town), New York provide an East and a West crossing for Interstate 88.
- St Highway 205 bridge, Town of Oneonta, a four lane Girder Bridge located in the Oneonta (town), New York's West End. This bridge provides a crossing of the river for Oneonta's West End Residents, and access to Interstate 88.
- I-88 Exit 14 Bridge, Town of Oneonta, a four lane Girder Bridge connecting the City of Oneonta to Interstate 88 and State Highway 23 & 28 in the Town of Oneonta.
- I-88 Exit 15 Bridge (aka, James F. Lettice Hwy), a four lane Girder Bridge connecting the City of Oneonta to Interstate 88 and State Highway 23 in the Town of Oneonta.
- Emmons Bridge, a four lane Girder Bridge located SE of Emmons, NY on County Route 47. This bridge provides a crossing of the river for Oneonta's East End Residents.
- I-88 Exit 16 Bridges, twin bridges located just East of Oneonta, NY provide an East and a West crossing for Interstate 88.
- D&H Trestle, A Delaware and Hudson Railway Trestle bridge located just south of the Colliersville Bridge.
- Colliersville Bridge, is located on State Highway 7 in the Milford (town), New YorkHamlet of Colliersville.
- Route 28 Bridge, is located just North of Colliersville on State Highway 28, the main thoroughfare between I-88 and Cooperstown, New York.
- Portlandville Bridge, is located at the inlet of Goodyear Lake. This a new Girder bridge that replaced an older Truss bridge around 2002.
- CACV Trestle 1, a Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Trestle located just north of the Portlandville Bridge.
- East Main St. Bridge, is a two lane Girder bridge located on East Main St. in Milford, New York.
- CACV Trestle 2, a Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Trestle located just south of the Index Bridge.
- Index Bridge, is a two lane Truss bridge crossing the river as County Highway 11c outside of Index, New York.
- CACV Trestle 3, a Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Trestle located just north of the Index Bridge.
- Phoenix Mills Bridge, is a two lane, Iron Truss bridge, located on Phoenix Mills Rd in Phoenix Mills, New York that is now open to pedestrian traffic, only.
- CACV Trestle 4, A Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Trestle located just north of the Phoenix Mills Bridge.
- Susquehanna St Bridge, Village of Cooperstown, is a two lane bridge located in Cooperstown, New York that passes over the river near the Clark Sports Center.
- Mill St Bridge, Village of Cooperstown, is a two lane Bailey Bridge located in Cooperstown, New York that passes over the Otsego Lake dam.
- Cooperstown Footbridge, footbridge located between the Main St. and Mill St. Bridges.
- Main Street Bridge, Village of Cooperstown, is a two lane bridge located in Cooperstown, New York over the mouth of Otsego Lake just after the river begins to form a channel.
West Branch Susquehanna River
From Sunbury up the western branch to the headwaters.