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RBMN - Bellevue Avenue Bridge

Berks County, Pennsylvania

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RBM - Bellevue Avenue Bridge

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License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #464085

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Overview
Girder bridge over RBMN RR on Bellevue Aveune Sr 2016
Location
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1924
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
- Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN)
Design
Girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 130.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.38507, -75.93365   (decimal degrees)
40°23'06" N, 75°56'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/420753/4470915 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers
PA 06 2016 0020 0193 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 87681 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Berks County, Pennsylvania (227)
Built 1924 (747)
Built during 1920s (9,963)
Conrail (1,580)
Girder (10,308)
Have street view (27,082)
Open (39,991)
 Owned by railroad (12,511)
Pennsylvania (5,334)
Reading Railroad (197)
Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (25)
Reading, Pennsylvania (33)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,108)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,943)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

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  • Geoff Hubbs
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RBMN - Bellevue Avenue Bridge
Posted January 5, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I remember walking under this bridge back before RBMC put the outer railroad station in that you can see from the bridge heading toward Rte 61..Awesome picture of the railroad station.