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Amtrak - Boot Road Overpass

Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Boot Road Bridge -- August 8, 2010

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #178841

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Boot Road on Amtrak in East Calan Twp, PA
Location
East Calan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1887
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 18.0 ft.
Total length: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.00578, -75.66291   (decimal degrees)
40°00'21" N, 75°39'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/443418/4428609 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Downingtown
Inventory numbers
PA 15 2020 0050 2569 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 41502 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,568)
Amtrak (536)
Arch (12,101)
Built 1887 (216)
Built during 1880s (1,993)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (158)
Conrail (1,560)
Deck arch (11,340)
East Calan Township, Pennsylvania (3)
Have street view (26,947)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,919)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Penn Central Railroad (1,350)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Pennsylvania Railroad (884)
Railroad (15,414)
Span length under 25 feet (6,894)
Stone arch (3,051)
Total length under 25 feet (2,496)

Update Log 

  • January 22, 2015: New Street View added by Luke
  • December 16, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
  • September 21, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added photo, USGS Phoenixville, PA, Former PRR. Owned by Railroad. East Calan Twp, PA

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Frank Hicks
  • Luke

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