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PRR bridge over Noble Rd.

Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Photo taken by Sean McDonnell in winter 2009

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Description 

Bridge is an arch design that spans both Noble Rd. and the creek that runs along the road. Built for the PRR low grade line, also used by Penn Central and Conrail. Tracks removed in the late 1980's

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Noble Rd. on Formerly PRR low grade line now used for Enola Low Grade Trail
Location
Christiana, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to bicyclists, horseback, and pedestrians
History
Built in 1903 as part of the PRR low grade line
Builders
- Charles A. Sims & Co. (Contractors)
- E.B. Temple (Assistant engineer)
- W.H. Brown (Chief engineer)
Design
Stone arch
Also called
"hundred foot arch"
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.94555, -75.99225   (decimal degrees)
39°56'44" N, 75°59'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/415233/4422184 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Parkesburg
Inventory number
BH 49097 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1903 (268)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Charles A. Sims & Co. (1)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (113)
Christiana, Pennsylvania (1)
Deck arch (8,700)
E.B. Temple (1)
 Have street view (9,896)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (121)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Rail-to-trail (494)
Railroad (4,075)
Stone arch (1,927)
W.H. Brown (1)

Update Log 

  • August 16, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • July 14, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added rail trail status
  • July 13, 2011: Added by Sean McDonnell

Sources 

  • Sean McDonnell
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net

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