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NS - Valley Creek Road Overpass

Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Valley Creek Road Bridge--October 3, 2010

View of Road headed downsteam

Photo taken by Raymond Klein in October 2010

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BH Photo #182473

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Valley Creek Road on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
East Calan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 28.9 ft.
Total length: 32.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.00500, -75.66526   (decimal degrees)
40°00'18" N, 75°39'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/443217/4428524 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Downingtown
Inventory numbers
PA 15 3061 0110 1498 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 41513 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (11,533)
Built 1903 (526)
Built during 1900s (6,799)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (150)
Conrail (1,018)
Deck arch (10,785)
East Calan Township, Pennsylvania (3)
Have street view (25,414)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,581)
 Open (38,217)
Owned by railroad (11,102)
Penn Central Railroad (719)
Pennsylvania (4,924)
Pennsylvania Railroad (615)
Railroad (14,369)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,954)
Stone arch (2,793)
Total length 25-50 feet (10,709)

Update Log 

  • January 22, 2015: New Street View added by Luke
  • October 14, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added five photos. Added East Calan Twp, to City and name. USGS changed from Unionville to West Chester, PA

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Luke

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