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Adams Avenue Bridge Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Adams Avenue Bridge - February 21. 2009

Adams Avenue Bridge carrying CSX tracks over Adams Avenue

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Adams Avenue on CSX Transportation (formerly Reading RR New York Short Line)
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 44.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02833, -75.14667   (decimal degrees)
40°01'42" N, 75°08'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/487485/4430912 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Germantown
Inventory numbers
PA 67 1002 0050 1049 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 41703 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,416)
Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,243)
CSX Railroad (581)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,753)
Deck arch (8,693)
Open (28,297)
 Owned by railroad (4,036)
Pennsylvania (3,037)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (118)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (105)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,047)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,624)

Update Log 

  • August 5, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Typo.
  • May 26, 2009: New photo from Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net

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