Rating:
2 votes

AMTK - Island Road Overpass

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Island Road Bridge. Colwyn, Delaware Co., Pa. Sec. 1101, Mp 5.58

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #309257

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck arch bridge over Island Avenue on Amtrak
Location
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Deck arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.91548, -75.24506   (decimal degrees)
39°54'56" N, 75°14'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/479055/4418404 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Philadelphia
Inventory number
BH 64302 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (574)
Arch (12,652)
Deck arch (11,889)
Have street view (28,893)
Northeast Corridor (156)
Open (40,968)
 Penn Central Railroad (1,537)
Pennsylvania (5,760)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,026)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (227)
Railroad (16,455)

Update Log 

  • September 4, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 28, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER PA-71 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between Delaware-Pennsylvania & Pennsylvania-New Jersey state lines, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
  • Geoff Hubbs

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