Chestnut Street Overpass

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From the north

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in February 2010

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

BH Photo #241033

This is a short stone arch bridge over the railroad jsut east of the Schuylkill River.

Overview: Stone arch bridge over CSX Railroad on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1901
Railroads: - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 115.2 ft.
Deck width: 36.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.95284, -75.18005 (decimal degrees)
39°57'10" N, 75°10'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/484620/4422538 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Philadelphia
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 13,591
Inventory numbers: PA 67 0003 0090 2703 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 38939 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31511 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 32 (out of 100)
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Chestnut Street Bridge

Posted August 5, 2010, by D. Thomsen

This location does not have a stone arch bridge, which should be apparent from Bing aerial or bird's eye pictures.