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ESPN - Venice Island Branch Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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ESPN - Venice Island Branch over Schuylkill River

Photo taken by Bradley Maule

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BH Photo #455808

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Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Schuylkill River on ESPN Venice Island Branch
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1889
Builders
- A & P Roberts Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania
- Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania [also known as A & P Roberts Co.]
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- East Penn Railroad (ESPN)
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway (1896-1923) (P&R)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
Design
Deck truss
Also called
Mule Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02193, -75.21957   (decimal degrees)
40°01'19" N, 75°13'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/481263/4430214 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 86609 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,628)
A & P Roberts Co. (47)
Built 1889 (277)
Built during 1880s (2,391)
Conrail (1,803)
Deck truss (2,048)
East Penn Railroad (8)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (256)
Open (41,421)
Owned by railroad (14,123)
 Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. (17)
Pennsylvania (6,760)
Philadelphia & Reading Railway (1896-1923) (33)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (242)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (226)
Pin-connected (5,423)
Reading Railroad (229)
Schuylkill River (96)
Truss (38,306)

Update Log 

  • October 7, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • February 8, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 7, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added build date
  • September 6, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Luke
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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