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Fairmount Park Transit Company Ribbed Skew Arch Bridge #704
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Fairmount Park Transit Company Bridge #704
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Photo taken by Peter Dispensa in January 2017
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Ribbed Skew Arch
Written by Peter Dispensa
Its 32f6 span employs 15 skewed arches of bricks
Facts
- Overview
- Brick ribbed skew arch bridge over dismantled trolley track
- Location
- Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Railroad
- - Fairmount Park Transit Co. (FPTC)
- Design
- Brick arch
- Also called
- Stone Arch Bridge
Chamounix Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.00426, -75.19991 (decimal degrees)
40°00'15" N, 75°11'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/482936/4428249 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Germantown
- Inventory number
- BH 79758 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 18, 2017: Essay added by Peter Dispensa