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AMTK - Pennypack Creek Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

HAER

View this photo at lcweb2.loc.gov

BH Photo #309263

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Pennypack Creek on Amtrak
Location
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.03398, -75.02165   (decimal degrees)
40°02'02" N, 75°01'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/498152/4431528 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Frankford
Inventory number
BH 64304 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (574)
Arch (12,652)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,257)
Deck arch (11,889)
Have street view (28,893)
Northeast Corridor (156)
 Open (40,970)
Owned by railroad (13,494)
Pennsylvania (5,758)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,026)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (227)
Railroad (16,455)

Update Log 

  • January 24, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • November 28, 2014: Added by Dave King

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Comments 

AMTK - Pennypack Creek Bridge
Posted January 24, 2022, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Photo #1 deleted.

AMTK - Pennypack Creek Bridge
Posted January 23, 2022, by Geoff Hubbs (geoffrey [dot] hubbs [at] att [dot] net)

Nathan - can you delete Photo 1 which is actually of the Poquessing Creek Bridge, BH 87682.

Amtrak - Pennypack Creek Bridge
Posted January 5, 2020, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I've seen them on some Stone Arch spans in Indiana. Likely added by a county engineer that may or may not have known what they were doing.

Amtrak - Pennypack Creek Bridge
Posted January 5, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I see braces on the arches that look like they've been there awhile while looking on streetview.Has anybody ever seen these braces because I never did.

Amtrak - Pennypack Creek Bridge
Posted January 5, 2020, by Geoff Hubbs

Photo 1 (BH 309262) is actually of the Poquessing Creek Bridge, located to the northeast