Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls

Reading Railroad Bridge at West Falls, looking east toward Kelly Drive
Coordinates 40°00′23″N 75°11′33″W / 40.00639°N 75.19250°W / 40.00639; -75.19250 (Bridge at West Falls)Coordinates: 40°00′23″N 75°11′33″W / 40.00639°N 75.19250°W / 40.00639; -75.19250 (Bridge at West Falls)
Carries CSX Trenton Subdivision
Crosses Kelly Drive, Schuylkill River, and Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive)
Locale Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Characteristics
Design Arch bridge
Material Stone
Width two tracks
Longest span 92.8 feet (28.3 m)
Number of spans 9
Piers in water 6
History
Construction end 1890
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge at West Falls, looking upstream from Kelly Drive.

The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls is a stone and iron plate girder bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that carries two CSX Trenton Subdivision tracks over Kelly Drive, Schuylkill River, and Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive).

It was built in 1890 by the Reading Railroad, and forms a "Y" junction with the adjacent Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct (1854). The bridge consists of an 80-foot (24 m) stone arch over Kelly Drive and eight plate-girder spans that follow a 6-degree curve.

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