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Discussion of the L&HR and its predecessor the Warwick Valley Railroad for the period 1860-1976 at its inclusion with ConRail

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 #1146171  by Paul Miller
 
The North Church Road viaduct over the old L.H.R. at Franklin has recently been dismantled and removed to make way for a new bridge. The viaduct was a steel superstructure built between 1927-1928 by the McClintic-Marshall Company to eliminate 4 grade crossings near the N.J. Zinc Company. In recent years it had been subject to extreme rusting and subsequent degradation. At one point, a covered stairway existed from the viaduct above to the L.H.R.'s Franklin Station below at grade level. The 2 pictures below were taken at approximately the same spot showing before and after.
 #1148549  by Paul Miller
 
Ah, there's that covered stairwell leading to the infamous Franklin Station....thanks Marty! apparently, from what I've heard, the new bridge will be completed around January 2014. I guess the thing that's good is that the construction of yesteryear lasted over 80 years.