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Looking northeast from the west bank.

Photo taken by D. Thomsen

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Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge, built about 1905 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a formerly electrified, two track, deck truss, (fixed shut) swing bridge across the Schuylkill River in the University City neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now owned by CSX Transportation. Also crosses the Schuylkill Expressway I-76) near western end, and CSX tracks on ground level on eastern end.

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Overview: Bridge over Schuylkill River on CSX Railroad
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1905
Railroads: - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design: Deck truss, formerly swing now fixed. One girder approach span on western end, several girder approach spans on eastern end. 3 stone piers in the river.
Also called: Arsenal Bridge
Arsenal Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.94333, -75.19167 (decimal degrees)
39°56'36" N, 75°11'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/483625/4421485 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Philadelphia
Inventory number: BH 45674 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 1, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
August 24, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
August 10, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added categories, fuller description
July 19, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Typo.

Related Bridges

PRR - Arsenal Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)

Sources

D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net
Wikipedia
Dana and Kay Klein
Douglas Butler

Comments

Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge

Posted July 20, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is a riveted Warren Deck truss.