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Morrisville - Trenton Railroad Bridge

Mercer County, New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Delaware River Railroad Bridge

Taken from a park-setting on the river's edge

Photo taken by Ian Anderson

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BH Photo #136601

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Delaware River on Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Location
Morrisville, Mercer County, New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Skewed Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 1,150.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.20667, -74.77000   (decimal degrees)
40°12'24" N, 74°46'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/519573/4450721 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Trenton West
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79001502 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25347 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (445)
Arch (11,341)
Ballasted Deck (150)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (202)
Built 1903 (491)
Built during 1900s (6,499)
Deck arch (10,591)
Delaware River (52)
Have street view (24,039)
Mercer County, New Jersey (66)
Morrisville, Pennsylvania (10)
NR-listed (2,838)
 New Jersey (1,235)
Northeast Corridor (150)
Open (37,445)
Owned by railroad (10,480)
Pennsylvania (4,587)
Pennsylvania Railroad (542)
Railroad (13,848)
Skewed (4,789)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,212)
State line crossing (755)
Stone arch (2,717)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,709)

Update Log 

  • February 18, 2018: Updated by Amanda: Added more descriptive name
  • July 25, 2011: New Street View added by Stephen Greer
  • April 5, 2009: Updated by Ian Anderson: Bridge is skewed
  • March 8, 2009: New photos from Ian Anderson

Sources 

  • Ian Anderson - macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Stephen Greer

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