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Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Looking northeast from the west bank.

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Description 

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 Philadelphia Subdivision
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
History
Built 1905
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)
USGS topographic map
Philadelphia
Inventory number
BH 45674 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
CSX Railroad (581)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,239)
I-76 (20)
Movable (1,355)
Owned by railroad (4,048)
 Pennsylvania (3,038)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (118)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (105)
Schuylkill Expressway (11)
Schuylkill River (65)
Swing (534)
Unknown status (810)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added categories, fuller description
  • July 19, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Typo.

Sources 

  • D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net
  • Wikipedia
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Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge
Posted July 20, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is a riveted Warren Deck truss.

Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge
Posted July 19, 2010, by D. Thomsen (dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net)

An expert should specify the type of deck truss.