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Pencoyd Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Pencoyd Bridge

Photo taken by Mick Ricereto

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

View this photo at mickricereto.wordpress.com

BH Photo #455363

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Schuylkill River on Trail - formerly Pencoyd Iron Works
Location
Bala Cynwyd, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians and Royal Athena residents only
History
Built 1900
Builders
- A & P Roberts Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania
- Pencoyd Iron Works of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania [also known as A & P Roberts Co.]
Railroads
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway (1896-1923) (P&R)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 190.0 ft.
Total length: 550.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.01655, -75.21339   (decimal degrees)
40°00'60" N, 75°12'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/481789/4429615 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 86547 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A & P Roberts Co. (47)
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (2)
Built 1900 (976)
Built during 1900s (7,929)
Have street view (30,391)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (256)
Open to pedestrians (4,692)
Pencoyd Iron Works (49)
Pennsylvania (6,746)
Philadelphia & Reading Railway (1896-1923) (33)
 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (241)
Pin-connected (5,422)
Rail-to-trail (1,677)
Railroad (16,981)
Reading Railroad (229)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,121)
Through truss (19,019)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,195)
Truss (38,296)

Update Log 

  • December 5, 2021: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • October 7, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • October 6, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 1, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added railroad info.
  • August 30, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Luke
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted September 5, 2019, by Ben Tate (benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

It looks like something that goes under the bridge.You can see it in the first bridge picture above, too.

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted September 5, 2019, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

From a street view of the west end of the bridge I believe the pieces are from the Pencoyd works which appear to be in the process of disassembly.

https://goo.gl/maps/5NkSjapTCEaQRJeV6

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted September 4, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Any time I see a heap of metal, I question it. The wife sez I got bridge-on-the-brain. Of course, she can't see a low-land stream in the middle of a wooded area and not wonder if something is hiding in it.

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted September 4, 2019, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Mike,curiosity got the best of me.That's why I asked.

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted September 4, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Could it possibly be a deck truss? Prob not even bridge related

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted September 4, 2019, by Daniel

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0162034,-75.2121102,3a,75y,3... a bit closer of a look at whatever's in the parking lot.

Pencoyd Bridge
Posted August 31, 2019, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

While looking at the street view on this bridge I saw what looked to me to be parts of a bridge in the adjoining parking lot and also parts of a possible bridge on a trailer.Maybe somebody can take a look and let me know if i'm right.When looking at the bridge on street view pan the view to the left and you'll see what I mean.