Conrail - Phoenixville Bridge

Photos 

Phoenixville PRR Bridge --

Upriver side view from PA. Rt. 29 Bridge

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #157147

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Schuylkill River on Former PRR Schuylkill Division

Location

Phoenixville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Chester County, Pennsylvania

Status

Abandoned

History

Built 1915

Builders

- A.C. Shand (Design)
- H.R. Leonard (Design)
- L.H. Focht & Sons of Reading, Pennsylvania (Contractor)
- McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TPG Fabricator)

Railroads

- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)

Design

(Labeled from West to East)
1 76' 3.75" Pony plate girder
2 52' Semicircular arches
6 90' Segmental arches
2 60' Semicircular arches
1 80' Segmental arch
3 54' Segmental arches
1 34' Skewed semicircular arch
(Last 5 arches are on a 6° curve.)

Also called

PC - Phoenixville Bridge
PRR - Phoenixville Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.13779, -75.50950   (decimal degrees)
40°08'16" N, 75°30'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/456596/4443175 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Phoenixville

Inventory number

BH 44333 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 5, 2017: New Street View added by Luke
• July 18, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added GPS
• March 6, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: added gps coordinates
• March 6, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Made changes to name
• February 25, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added Former to Schuyklill Division and Mont Clare, PA to name.
• February 23, 2010: Added by Raymond Klein

Related Bridges 

• PRR - Phoenixville Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
• Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
• Luke

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