Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge is a wrought iron, two-track, deck truss swing bridge across the Schuylkill River between the University City and

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neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1885–86 by the

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. Today, its swing span has been fixed shut, and the electrical catenary de-energized. The bridge is named for the Schuylkill Arsenal, which operated from 1799 to 1926 near the bridge's eastern approaches.historical lewis and clark vasco at l3-lewisandclark.com
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. In January 2014, a

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train carrying crude oil derailed on the bridge.

Original bridge

The 1886 bridge replaced the original Arsenal Bridge, which was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1861 and put in operation on January 27, 1862, as part of the

Delaware Extension The Delaware Extension was a rail line owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The line ran from Arsenal Interlocking in West Philadelphia southeast, south, east and north to the intersection of Delaware ...

. It carried a single track over three wrought-iron spans on stone piers and a central center-pivot swing span.

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Schuylkill Expressway Bridge The Schuylkill Expressway Bridge, built in 1956 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and reconstructed and painted blue in 2010, carries the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) over the Schuylkill River between West Philadelphia and the Gray ...

, downstream signs = I-76

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Original bridge

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