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NJTR - Delair Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey

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NJT - Delair Bridge

Swing span present near this lift span

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #263748

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Overview
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Delaware River on NJTransit and Conrail Shared Assets Operations (formerly Pennsylvania RR)
Location
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1896 as a swing bridge, lift span added in 1960; was the first bridge from Philadelphia to New Jersey
Builders
- Charles A. Sims & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Substructure)
- Drake & Stratton Co. of New York City, New York & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Substructure)
- P. McManus Co. (Substructure)
- Pencoyd Iron Works of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania (Superstructure)
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Commuter Rail
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX)
- New Jersey Transit (NJTR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 542.0 ft.
Total length: 4,396.0 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Also called
CRCX - Delair Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.98225, -75.06878   (decimal degrees)
39°58'56" N, 75°04'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/494127/4425789 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Camden
Inventory number
BH 52338 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,672)
Built 1896 (275)
Built during 1890s (3,007)
CSX Railroad (1,677)
Camden County, New Jersey (40)
Charles A. Sims & Co. (2)
Commuter Rail (439)
Conrail Shared Assets Operations (75)
Delaware River (60)
Drake & Stratton Co. (7)
Have street view (27,135)
Movable (3,006)
Navigable waterway (2,155)
New Jersey (1,601)
New Jersey Transit (159)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,963)
Open (40,018)
Owned by railroad (12,596)
P. McManus Co. (1)
 Pencoyd Iron Works (32)
Penn Central Railroad (1,395)
Pennsylvania (5,356)
Pennsylvania Railroad (908)
Pennsylvania truss (493)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (220)
Pin-connected (3,944)
Polygonal Warren through truss (436)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (109)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,061)
Railroad (15,685)
Span length 500-1000 feet (392)
State line crossing (860)
Through truss (15,286)
Total length over 2500 feet (919)
Tower Drive Vertical Lift (64)
Truss (33,149)
Vertical lift (420)
Warren truss (6,628)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 12, 2019: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • April 1, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 2, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 19, 2016: New photo from Dave King
  • May 16, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • December 7, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • March 20, 2015: New photos from Luke
  • January 27, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 11, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builders
  • April 12, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Conrail Shared Assets Operations", "Commuter Rail"
  • August 15, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • May 3, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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NJT - Delair Bridge
Posted January 21, 2019, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com )

If it helps this rail line on the Philadelphia side crosses over the rail line that I found the Frankford Creek Bridge on that is located off of Lewis Street.