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AMTK - 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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Street View 

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Boot Road on Amtrak in East Caln Twp, PA
Location
East Caln 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 (8,057)
Amtrak (564)
Arch (12,522)
Built 1887 (229)
Built during 1880s (2,107)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (170)
Conrail (1,693)
Deck arch (11,762)
East Caln Township, Pennsylvania (1)
Have street view (27,987)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (2,078)
Open (40,426)
Owned by railroad (13,225)
Penn Central Railroad (1,504)
Pennsylvania (5,568)
Pennsylvania Railroad (991)
Railroad (16,237)
Span length under 25 feet (6,983)
Stone arch (3,220)
Total length under 25 feet (2,552)

Update Log 

  • April 19, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Fixed Twp Spelling
  • 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

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Amtrak - Boot Road Overpass
Posted April 19, 2021, by Carl Moore (carlm0404 [at] gmail [dot] com )

"Stone arch bridge over Boot Road on Amtrak in East Calan Twp, PA"

Fix spelling of Caln.