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NS - Buck Road Overpass

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Buck Road Bridge -- September 20, 2009

Overview looking North towards Newtown, PA

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #146718

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Buck Road on Norfolk Southern Railway (Former PRR Trenton Cut-Off)
Location
Northampton Township near Holland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1890
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 24.9 ft.
Total length: 27.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.16803, -74.98882   (decimal degrees)
40°10'05" N, 74°59'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/500952/4446407 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Langhorne
Inventory numbers
PA 09 0532 0060 1965 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 41449 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,566)
Arch (12,100)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (259)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Conrail (1,558)
Deck arch (11,339)
Have street view (26,946)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,917)
Northampton Township near Holland, Pennsylvania (1)
 Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Penn Central Railroad (1,348)
Pennsylvania (5,318)
Pennsylvania Railroad (882)
Railroad (15,412)
Span length under 25 feet (6,894)
Stone arch (3,051)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,193)

Update Log 

  • November 29, 2018: New photo from Abby Janick
  • December 10, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
  • September 27, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added photo. Name: Northampton Twp. City: Northampton Twp near Holland, PA. Overview: Contrail -Norfolk Southern (Former PRR Trenton Cut-Off). Carries Conrail to NS. USGS Beverly NJ to Burlington, NJ

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Frank Hicks
  • Luke
  • Abby Janick - Abby_sue1 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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