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Dairy Road Overpass
Photos
Dairy Road Bridge September 9, 2009
Trackside view looking towards Spring City, PA
Photo taken by Raymond Klein
BH Photo #153028
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over former Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Division on Dairy Road
- Location
- Pennhurst, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to limited local traffic
- History
- Overhead wooden trestle 1883.Replaced by an old Pennsylvania Railroad Turntable in 1908
- Railroad
- - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Design
- Railroad Turn Table
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.19696, -75.56182 (decimal degrees)
40°11'49" N, 75°33'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/452180/4449769 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Phoenixville
- Inventory number
- BH 43920 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 10, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated status
- January 9, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added GPS cords.
- January 25, 2010: New photos from Raymond Klein
- January 22, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added bridge. 2 photos. Phoenixville, PA to USGS
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/chester/dairy-road/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/chester/dairy-road/
Since these pictures were taken, the virgin path that runs below the bridge has now been upgraded to a cinder surface and is now part of the Schuylkill River Trail. Historic landmarks on the trail are few and far between, but this is one.