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SEPTA - Buck Road Overpass

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Buck Road Overpass

Taken while driving on Buck Road. Sorry for the bad quality

Photo taken by Ian Anderson in June 2011

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BH Photo #202974

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Steel Plate Girder
Location
Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Abandoned and overgrown
History
Abandoned 1983/1985 by Septa
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
Design
Typical plate girder rail overpass with stamped concrete abutments.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.20170, -74.95794   (decimal degrees)
40°12'06" N, 74°57'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/503579/4450144 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Langhorne
Inventory number
BH 49021 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,927)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (266)
Commuter Rail (439)
Deck girder (6,303)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,909)
 Owned by railroad (13,501)
Pennsylvania (5,795)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,459)
Southampton, Pennsylvania (1)
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (68)

Update Log 

  • July 5, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated GPS, it was off by a mile
  • July 1, 2011: Added by Ian Anderson

Sources 

  • Ian Anderson - macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
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SEPTA R8 Buck Road Overpass
Posted February 1, 2014, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

does anyone know the current status of this abandoned r.r. bridge?please let me know.thanks.