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This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Schuylkill River, from the Delaware River upstream to the source. All locations are in Pennsylvania and Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) survey numbers are noted where available.
This is a route-map template for the Schuylkill River, a waterway in Pennsylvania, the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Schuylkill River Bridge (also known as the Diamond Run Viaduct) [1] is a bridge that carries the Pennsylvania Turnpike across the Schuylkill River. [2]This section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which is located between two major interchanges, became "the most heavily traveled four-lane section of the turnpike" following its opening, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
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The Schuylkill River (/ ˈ s k uː l k ɪ l / SKOOL-kil, [1] locally / ˈ s k uː k ə l / SKOO-kəl) [2] is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for 135 miles (217 km) [ 3 ] from Pottsville southeast to Philadelphia , the nation's sixth-largest city, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries.
Passyunk Avenue Bridge; Peacock's Lock Viaduct; Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Pennsylvania) Pencoyd Bridge (Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct; Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge No. 1
The current bridge replaced an adjacent P&R bridge, built of wood. Prior to that, one of the earliest suspension bridges in the United States, the 1808 Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill (collapsed 1816), was built at this location. That was replaced by an 1818 covered bridge, built on the chain bridge's abutments, which washed away in 1822. [1]
Sullivan's Bridge is a trail bridge that crosses the Schuylkill River and connects West Norriton Township with Upper Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The bridge carries Sullivan's Trail, which connects the Schuylkill River Trail to Valley Forge National Historical Park . [ 1 ]