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Matsonford Bridge

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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Matsonford Bridge

Photo from Historical Society of Montgomery County

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #477346

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Overview
1918 Stringer bridge over SCHUYKILL RIVER & PRR,RDG RRs on FAYETTE STREET
Location
Conshohocken/West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
built 1918; 1987 rebuild appears to have kept nothing
Railroads
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 126.0 ft.
Total length: 1,305.2 ft.
Deck width: 67.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.07055, -75.30955   (decimal degrees)
40°04'14" N, 75°18'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/473603/4435633 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Norristown
Inventory numbers
000000000027721
BH 62947 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,104)
Built 1918 (496)
Built during 1910s (9,641)
Conshohocken/West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (1)
Deck arch (11,343)
Have street view (26,957)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (220)
Open (39,897)
 Open-spandrel arch (760)
Owned by state (15,999)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Pennsylvania Railroad (884)
Reading Railroad (197)
Schuylkill River (82)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,227)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,886)

Update Log 

  • July 27, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 8, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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