Rating:
No votes cast

Phoenix Iron Company Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania
Share:

Photos 

Abandoned French Creek Bridge -- July 2006

Upstream side view

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

Enlarge

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Wrought iron Pratt through truss bridge over French Creek
Location
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Builder
- Phoenixville Bridge Works
Design
Pinned, 10 panel Pratt through truss. Wrought and possibly some cast iron with Phoenix Columns.
Also called
French Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.13567, -75.51755   (decimal degrees)
40°08'08" N, 75°31'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/455909/4442943 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Phoenixville
Inventory number
BH 44336 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chester County, Pennsylvania (113)
Have street view (9,883)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by city (3,048)
Pennsylvania (3,037)
Phoenixville Bridge Works (1)
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (9)
 Pratt through truss (3,162)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Rail-to-trail (494)
Railroad (4,063)
Skewed (4,080)
Through truss (9,202)
Truss (23,562)

Update Log 

  • April 15, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated information
  • December 4, 2010: New Street View added by Matthew Lohry
  • March 14, 2010: New photo from Raymond Klein
  • March 6, 2010: Added by Joshua Collins

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Matt Lohry
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Post a comment here
Contact webmaster

Comments 

Abandoned French Creek bridge
Posted December 4, 2010, by Leonard F. Shaner, JR. (Conrail6370 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Dear sir,

This bridge is part of the Phoenix Iron Company complex. It is now part of a hike and bike trail. The bridge was a dual gauge rail bridge , Stander and 24" narrow gauge.

Take care,

Leonard F. Shaner, Jr.

Chester County Historian

Abandoned French Creek bridge
Posted April 23, 2010, by Matthew Lohry

I could be mistaken, but I don't think that this bridge is completely abandoned--the photo shows wood railings that are of the type used on bridges converted for pedestrians, and it looks like the bridge may be open to pedestrians and perhaps bicycles...