AMTK - Brandywine River Bridge

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PRR - Branywine River Bridge

Wilmington DE

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #284471

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Brandywine River on Pennsylvania RR / Conrail

Location

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Status

Open to traffic

Railroads

- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Design

Built as deck plate girder swing but has not opened in decades, and is officially exempt from being required to open as per Code of Federal Regulations

Also called

PRR - Brandywine River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.73992, -75.53677   (decimal degrees)
39°44'24" N, 75°32'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/454008/4399028 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wilmington South

Inventory number

BH 61112 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• June 11, 2017: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: corrected, added details
• January 19, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• December 31, 2015: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
• July 17, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed category "Questionable" as a quick Google proved the bridge's existence.via HAER imgs
• May 30, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• HAER DE-12-B - Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Swing Bridge, Penn. R.R. over Brandywine River, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
• Alexander D. Mitchell IV

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