Delaware River Viaduct, Shawnee on Delaware

Name: Delaware River Viaduct
Address: Shawnee on Delaware, United States

#4 among attractions in Shawnee on Delaware

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Delaware River Viaduct, Shawnee on Delaware

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The Delaware River Viaduct is a reinforced concrete railroad bridge across the Delaware River about two miles south of the Delaware Water Gap that was built from 1908 to 1910 as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line. It is the sister to the line's larger Paulinskill Viaduct. The Delaware River Viaduct also crosses Interstate 80 on the east side of the river and Slateford Road and the Lackawanna Railroad's "Old Road" on the west side. Abandoned in 1983, it is part of an Amtrak proposal to introduce passenger service between Scranton, Pennsylvania and New York City, a distance of 135 miles miles. ()

Length: 1452 ftWidth: 34 ftHeight: 65 ftCoordinates: 40°56'15"N, 75°6'21"W

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Shawnee on Delaware United States

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Delaware River Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium, Sunfish Pond, Sherman Theater.

4.4 miN
Golf
The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
113 min walk • The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is a resort in the village of Shawnee on Delaware, located in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania. The hotel is a Spanish colonial revival building with white-Moorish architecture and Spanish tiled roofs.
5.5 miNW
Science museum, Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium, East Stroudsburg
140 min walk • The Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History is a museum at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. It features habitat recreations that display and interpret more than 130 wildlife specimens from around the world.
4.8 miN
Natural attraction, Lake
Sunfish Pond, Worthington State Forest
123 min walk • Sunfish Pond is a 44-acre glacial lake surrounded by a 258-acre hardwood forest located on the Kittatinny Ridge within Worthington State Forest, adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Warren County, New Jersey.
5.6 miNW
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg
143 min walk • The Sherman Theater is a not-for-profit concert hall and community theater located on Main Street in downtown Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
2.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tammany, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
57 min walk • Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains, in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey, United States.
1.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Minsi, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
50 min walk • Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation.
3.3 miNW
Bridge
Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
85 min walk • The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Interstate 80 across the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap, connecting Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, and Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Delaware Water Gap, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
78 min walk • The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains.
1.1 miSE
Bridge
Portland–Columbia Pedestrian Bridge, Shawnee on Delaware
28 min walk • The Portland–Columbia Pedestrian Bridge is a footbridge that crosses the Delaware River, at Portland, Pennsylvania, connecting to Columbia, in Knowlton Township, New Jersey, United States. The bridge is owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
3.7 miNW
40°59'3"N • 75°8'29"W
Antoine Dutot Museum and Gallery, Delaware Water Gap
95 min walk • Art museum, Museum
5.8 miNW
Museum, History museum
Stroud Mansion, Stroudsburg
149 min walk • Stroud Mansion is a historic home located at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1795, and is a 3 ¹⁄₂-story building with pedimented gable roof and a 2 ¹⁄₂-story rear wing.