Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls

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

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
Carries	CSX Trenton Subdivision
Crosses	Kelly Drive, Schuylkill River, and Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive)
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Stone
Width	two tracks
Longest span	92.8 feet (28.3 m)
No. of spans	9
Piers in water	6
History
Construction end	1890
Location

History and notable features

This was built in 1890 by the Reading Railroad, and forms a "Y" junction with the adjacent Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct (1854).^[1][2][3]

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.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of crossings of the Schuylkill River

Gallery

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  Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge, West Falls, looking upstream from Kelly Drive