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PRSL - Mill Road Bridge

Gloucester County, New Jersey

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Piers of RR bridge now converted to a deck

Photo taken by Jodi Christman June 13, 2011

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BH Photo #201877

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Description 

Following the Civil War a railroad spur off the West Jersey & Seashore (a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary that became part of Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933) built a spur off the line that went to Glassboro. Soon after Mullica Hill raised as one of the nation's most active shipping points for agricultural commodities.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Mill Road on Former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Location
Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Status
Removed
Railroads
- Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL)
- West Jersey & Seashore Railroad (WJ&S)
Also called
PRSL - Mill Road Overpass
WJ&S - Mill Road Bridge
WJ&S - Mill Road Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.73560, -75.22373   (decimal degrees)
39°44'08" N, 75°13'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/480828/4398435 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pitman West
Inventory number
BH 48942 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Gloucester County, New Jersey (41)
Have street view (29,918)
Lost (30,065)
Mullica Hill, New Jersey (2)
New Jersey (1,713)
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (28)
Railroad (16,675)
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad (9)

Update Log 

  • July 5, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • June 19, 2011: Added by Jodi Christman

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