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Amtrak Overbrook Station Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Amtrak Overbrook Station Bridge

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BH Photo #488793

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Overview
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Amtrak Overbrook Station on City Avenue
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Concrete rigid-frame
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 91.9 ft.
Total length: 94.2 ft.
Deck width: 50.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.98972, -75.25028   (decimal degrees)
39°59'23" N, 75°15'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/478633/4426646 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lansdowne
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
19,398
Inventory numbers
PA 67 0001 0030 1217 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 50397 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2008)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Amtrak (558)
Built 1935 (1,468)
Built during 1930s (11,928)
Continuous (2,539)
Functionally obsolete (6,066)
Have street view (27,721)
NR-eligible (4,059)
Open (40,265)
Owned by state (16,239)
 Penn Central Railroad (1,477)
Pennsylvania (5,502)
Pennsylvania Railroad (961)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (222)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (207)
Rigid frame (744)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,536)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,672)

Update Log 

  • January 15, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 1, 2011: Added by Nathan Holth

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Additional Information About The Amtrak Overbrook Station Bridge.
Posted July 23, 2016, by Carl Manley (crltnmnly [at] aol [dot] com)

Amtrak Overbrook Station Bridge. Location: 69' west of Overbrook; Date of erection or renewal: 1887, rebuilt 1904, removed and rebuilt in 1935; Type of bridge: overhead, iron half through girder, brick floor; Number of tracks: 4; Number of Spans: 4; Length of each span: 72.85, 90, 72.50, 34.87; Total length between back walls: 270.3'; Skew (each span): 96°; Clear distance from base of rail to underside of bridge: 21.16; Remarks: built and maintained by R.R. Co. Approaches maintained by P.R.R. Co.Photographed around 1909 - 1910