Newtown Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary)

Newtown Creek is a tributary, rising near Stoop Road in Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] It is part of the Delaware River watershed^[2] and is located entirely in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.^[3] The Newtown Creek Bridge over Centre Avenue was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

This article is about the creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. For the creek in New York City, see Newtown Creek.

Newtown Creek
Newtown Creek Bridge
Newtown Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Newtown, Middletown
Borough	Newtown
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	40°15′56″N 74°57′51″W
• elevation	320 feet (98 m)
Mouth
• coordinates	40°12′39″N 74°56′34″W
• elevation	69 feet (21 m)
Length	5.66 miles (9.11 km)
Basin size	6.29 square miles (16.3 km2)
Basin features
Progression	Newtown Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware River
Landmarks	All Saints Cemetery, Roberts Ridge Park, Newtown Cemetery, Newtown Creek Bridge, George School
Slope	44.35 feet per mile (8.400 m/km)

Statistics

Newtown Creek rises near Stoopville Road east of Pennsylvania Route 413,^[1] flows generally in a southerly direction to its confluence at the Neshaminy Creek's 16.1 river mile^[4] passing along the western side of Newtown Borough. Its watershed is approximately 6.29 square miles (16.3 km²).^[5]

Tributaries

Newtown Creek has one unnamed tributary on the left bank near Wright's Road.

Geology

• Appalachian Highlands Division
  • Piedmont Province
    • Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
      • Lockatong Formation

Newtown Creek rises in the Lockatong Formation, sedimentary rock deposited during the Upper Triassic. Mineralogy includes argillite, shale, some limestone and calcareous shale.

Municipalities

• Middletown Township
• Newtown Township
• Newtown Borough

Crossings and Bridges

^[6]

Crossing	NBI Number	Length	Lanes	Spans	Material/Design	Built	Reconstructed	Latitude	Longitude
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Newtown Bypass)	7003	9 metres (30 ft)	2	1	Steel culvert	1974		40°13'6"N	74°56'24"W
Barclay Street	7510	11 metres (36 ft)	1	1	Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder	1917	2007	40°13'19.2"N	74°56'17.8"W
West Centre Avenue	7289	10 metres (33 ft)	2	2	Masonry arch-deck	1796	1875	40°13'40.4"N	74°56'18"W
West Washington Avenue		17 metres (56 ft)	2	1	Steel girder or floorbeam system	1903	1996	40°13'45.8"W	74°56'16.3"W
Jefferson Street	7282	22 metres (72 ft)	2	1	Steel girder or floorbeam system	1903	1996	40°14'0"N	74°56'12"W
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Washington Crossing Road)	7050	12 metres (39 ft)	2	1	Prestressed concrete box beam or girders	1967		40°14'32.6"N	74°56'2"W
Wrights Road	7517	12 metres (39 ft)	2	1	Prestressed concrete box beam or girders-multiple	1983		40°15'18"N	74°56'18"W
Eagle Road
South Drive
North Drive
Stoopville Road

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• List of rivers of the United States
• List of Delaware River tributaries

References

1. Google Maps, 2017, retrieved 7 May 2017
2. Neshaminy Creek
3. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P278.
4. paGazetteerOfStreams, lycomingedu, p105, I.D. 02561 (PDF)
5. Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS), I.D. 1182427
6. "National Bridge Inventory Database Search". www.nationalbridges.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2017.