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Conrail - Schuylkill River Bridge

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

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Abandoned Conrail - Schuylkill River Bridge

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Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Schuylkill River on Conrail
Location
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Status
Abandoned
Railroads
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.58886, -76.07556   (decimal degrees)
40°35'20" N, 76°04'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/408983/4493674 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Auburn
Inventory number
BH 63013 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,650)
Deck girder (5,745)
Girder (10,234)
Penn Central Railroad (1,350)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Pennsylvania Railroad (884)
Plate girder (7,923)
Railroad (15,414)
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (90)
Schuylkill River (82)

Update Log 

  • August 31, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 16, 2014: Added by Luke

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Abandoned Conrail - Schuylkill River Bridge
Posted December 5, 2018, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Luke,this bridge along with the truss bridge i reported on earlier both will be opened in 2020 as part of a trail.Just saw it on the t.v. this afternoon.