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Schuylkill River Trail - Poplar Neck Bridge (West)
Description
Formerly a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, now carries the Thun section of the Schuylkill River Trail (Rail to Trail). One of two such bridges within ~3/4 mile of the other - both spanning the Schuylkill and built during the same year. This bridge entry is denoted by "West"; the other - East. Both bridges have adjacent stone piers immediately nearby indicating possibly a metal deck truss bridge existed prior. Kinks in the centerline of the current pathway immediately prior to the abutments at each end indicates a shift from the old bridge to the new.
Facts
- Overview
- Five span, open-spandrel arch bridge over Schuylkill River on Schuylkill River Trail - Thun Section
- Location
- Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to bicyclists & pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1918
- Railroads
- - Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Five span concrete deck arch bridge with open spandrels. The middle three spans are ~135 feet span and have four open spandrels (two each side). Each of the two end spans are considerably shorter at ~120 feet. Those end spans each have the same spandrel arrangement as the slightly longer three middle spans.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.31165, -75.91984 (decimal degrees)
40°18'42" N, 75°55'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/421840/4462754 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Reading
- Inventory number
- BH 62662 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 31, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- August 26, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- August 25, 2014: New Street View added by Patrick S. O'Donnell
Sources
- Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
- Geoff Hubbs
George looks like these can be seen from Bridge you mentioned or East One.