Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge
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The Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge, officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge, spans the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and carries Pennsylvania Route 462 and BicyclePA
Looking west over the Susquehanna River
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (foreground) from south in 2014
The current Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge looking northeast from Wrightsville
Third bridge, before destruction
1896 Cedar Keys hurricane
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The 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that devastated much of the East Coast of the United States, starting with Florida's Cedar Keys, near the end of September
Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge
…today. Built of stone, wood, and steel, it included 27 piers, a carriageway, railway, and walkway. It was destroyed on September 30, 1896, by the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane. Construction of the fourth Columbia-Wrightsville bridge, known as the Pennsylvania Railroad "Iron Bridge," started April 16, 1897, and was completed…
Residents of Cedar Key rowing a boat through residual floodwaters after the hurricane
Storm victims pose with damaged houses on Cedar Key
A range light on St. Simons Island toppled by the hurricane
Flash flood destruction in downtown Staunton, Virginia, looking south