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Pioneer Road Birdge Lower Moreland Twp, PA under former Pennsylvania Railroad Trenton Cut Off

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Pioneer Road Bridge -- March 27, 2009

Overview looking towards County Line Road

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Pioneer Road on Norfolks Southern RR (formerly Pennsuylvani RR Trenton Cut Off) in Lower Moreland Twp, PA
Location
Lower Moreland Twp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1890
Design
Stone arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.16059, -75.07438   (decimal degrees)
40°09'38" N, 75°04'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/493665/4445583 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Germantown, PA
Inventory number
BH 43308 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,821)
Arch (9,419)
Built 1890 (142)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Deck arch (8,700)
Lower Moreland Twp, Pennsylvania (1)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (159)
 Open (28,310)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Pennsylvania Railroad (167)
Railroad (4,070)
Stone arch (1,927)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
  • August 30, 2009: Added by Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Frank Hicks
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Pioneer Road Birdge Lower Moreland Twp, PA under former Pennsylvania Railroad Trenton Cut Off
Posted February 4, 2012, by Mike Reiser (mreiser4670 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Please update this bridge location to Upper Moreland Township. The border between Upper Moreland & Lower Moreland Townships is the former Newtown SEPTA line.

Pioneer Road Birdge Lower Moreland Twp, PA under former Pennsylvania Railroad Trenton Cut Off
Posted May 30, 2011, by Mike Reiser (mreiser4670 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is located in Upper Moreland Township, PA