Built between 1908 and 1910, the Viaduct opened on Christmas Eve in 1911 just 2 miles south of the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. Abandoned in 1983, nature is slowly taking it over while talks about renovating it with a new railroad linger without any recent results. Here's a brief exploration with the DJI Spark of the largest continuous poured concrete structure there is.
The Spark and the 1908 Delaware River Viaduct
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This is how to deliver an interesting piece on a wonderful old structure. Do hope it gets a new lease of life. Well shot and especially well edited.
Very nice smooth movie. I especially like the double movements like going up and put the gimble slowly down and move to the side and yaw a bit. It needs quite some practice. During the fil I was wondering if you would dare to fly underneath the bridge and indeed you did it. Also nice relaxing music. Loved the movie, thank you.
Thank you. Yes, some of the shots had my heart rate up a little. LOL The closest I could get to the structure was 725 feet so some of the shots required a lot of reliance on what I saw on the phone.
Hi Graywoulf,
Thank you for watching it. The proposal is to restore train service between Andover, NJ and Scranton, PA. As of 2017, the PA Northeast Railroad Authority was gathering funding to commission a study to estimate the costs of repairs. I'm not confident it'll ever happen but at the very least they should consider work over the portion that goes over interstate route 80. The old concrete seems to me to be a hazard waiting to happen to motorists passing underneath.
