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Monroe County, Pennsylvania · Outdoors

PA Route 611 at the Pocono Line

The Walker on Route 611 at Tobyhanna

Route 611 crossing the railroad on a bridge between wooded slopes southeast of Tobyhanna.

History & local legend

A roadside ghost story from Tobyhanna centers on Route 611 near its crossing over the Pocono rail line. According to a contributor to The Shadowlands, a man was walking home from a bar on a foggy night in the 1970s when a car struck and killed him near the railroad overpass. The contributor identified the driver as a friend of their mother.

Later reports describe a man walking near the same overpass on foggy nights.

Sources

  1. The Shadowlands, Tobyhanna, Route 611, a contributor’s account identifying the driver as a family friend
  2. U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, crossing 264056Y, Drinker Highway, railroad under highway
  3. OpenStreetMap, Memorial Boulevard/PA 611 bridge over the Pocono Line
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Image credit

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and NV5 Geospatial, Cycle 2 orthophotography, via Penn State PASDA. Published without use restrictions. · License