NS - Schuylkill River Bridge (Oaks)

Photos 

Bower Avenue Bridge -- November 11, 2008

Overview looking towards Perkiomen Junction

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #155337

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Schuylkill River on Former Perkiomen Branch Reading Railroad

Location

Oaks, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Chester County, Pennsylvania

Future prospects

Could become part of a local rail trail

Railroads

- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)

Design

Deck plate girder
Closed-spandrel concrete arch

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.12463, -75.46142   (decimal degrees)
40°07'29" N, 75°27'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/460685/4441692 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Valley Forge

Inventory number

BH 44143 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 10, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated status
• October 1, 2010: New photo from Raymond Klein
• July 25, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added Schuylkill River category.
• March 7, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: added gps coordinates, added Chester County, PA to location, updated main design and approach design
• February 16, 2010: Added by Raymond Klein

Sources 

• Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
• Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
• D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net

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