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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.
Schuylkill River Bridge (I-276 / PA Turnpike) ... This is a route-map template for the Schuylkill River, a waterway in Pennsylvania, the United States.
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.
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.
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]
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 Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1973. [2] It is the last crossing of the Schuylkill River, which empties into the Delaware River less than half a mile downstream. It is crossed by ...
The first bridge across the Schuylkill River was a pontoon bridge built in 1777 by British troops occupying the city. Its construction was anticipated on the American side by General John Armstrong, Sr. of the Pennsylvania militia, who wrote on October 8, "I think they will also throw a bridge of some sort over Grey's Ferry, not only to ...