List of crossings of the Schuylkill River

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.

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Crossings
Crossing Carries Location Coordinates Notes Images

Philadelphia

Girard Point Bridge I-95 Mud Island, Southwest Philadelphia and South Philadelphia 39°53′32″N 75°11′50″W Two deck bridge;
upper deck southbound
George C. Platt Bridge PA 291 39°53′53″N 75°12′42″W Through truss bridge
Passyunk Avenue Bridge Passyunk Avenue 39°55′11″N 75°12′07″W Double-leaf bascule bridge
B&O Railroad Bridge CSX Philadelphia Subdivision 39°56′08″N 75°12′21″W Swing bridge
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge No. 1 39°56′26″N 75°12′18″W Open swing bridge, abandoned, HAER documentation
Grays Ferry Avenue Bridge Grays Ferry Avenue 39°56′28″N 75°12′18″W
University Avenue Bridge University Avenue 39°56′34″N 75°11′49″W Double-leaf bascule bridge
Schuylkill Expressway Bridge I-76 39°56′31″N 75°11′38″W
Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge CSX Harrisburg Subdivision 39°56′36″N 75°11′30″W Swing bridge (immobilized)

PECO utility tunnel Electric and steam utility lines 39°56′37″N 75°11′29″W
South Street Bridge South Street 39°56′49″N 75°11′13″W Opened November 6, 2010
Walnut Street Bridge Walnut Street 39°57′06″N 75°10′54″W
Chestnut Street Bridge Chestnut Street 39°57′11″N 75°10′52″W
Market Street Bridge PA 3 eastbound 39°57′16″N 75°10′49″W
Market–Frankford Line Tunnel SEPTA Market-Frankford Line 39°57′16″N 75°10′49″W Also carries SEPTA Subway-surface lines
John F. Kennedy Boulevard Bridge PA 3 westbound 39°57′20″N 75°10′48″W
SEPTA Regional Rail bridge SEPTA Regional Rail 39°57′22″N 75°10′47″W All lines
Vine Street Expressway Bridge I-676 / US 30 (Vine Street Expressway) 39°57′36″N 75°10′48″W
Spring Garden Street Bridge Spring Garden Street 39°57′51″N 75°11′01″W Originally the Colossus Bridge
West River Drive Bridge Martin Luther King, Jr. (formerly West River) Drive 39°57′52″N 75°11′02″W Passes underneath Spring Garden Street Bridge at center of both bridges
Fairmount Water Works Dam 39°58′02″N 75°11′11″W
Girard Avenue Bridge US 13 (Girard Avenue) 39°58′31″N 75°11′36″W HABS documentation
Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge SEPTA Trenton Line
SEPTA Chestnut Hill West Line
Amtrak Northeast Corridor
New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line		 39°58′35″N 75°11′38″W HAER documentation, HABS documentation
Columbia Railroad Bridge CSX Trenton Subdivision 39°59′06″N 75°12′14″W

Strawberry Mansion Bridge Strawberry Drive 39°59′43″N 75°11′38″W HAER documentation, HABS documentation
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls CSX Trenton Subdivision 40°00′23″N 75°11′33″W HAER documentation
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct, Falls Rail Bridge (stone) CSX Trenton Subdivision 40°00′21″N 75°11′32″W HAER documentation
Twin Bridges US 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) 40°00′24″N 75°11′35″W
Falls Bridge Calumet Street 40°00′30″N 75°11′51″W HAER documentation
City Avenue Bridges City Avenue 40°00′42″N 75°12′21″W

Montgomery County – Philadelphia

Pencoyd Bridge Rail bridge converted to road bridge Bala Cynwyd and Manayunk 40°01′00″N 75°12′48″W Former PRR industrial spur serving Pencoyd Iron Works and local industries from Schuylkill Branch
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Mule Bridge Norfolk Southern Venice Industrial Track Bala Cynwyd and Manayunk 40°01′19″N 75°13′10″W Former Reading, HAER documentation
Manayunk Bridge (rail bridge converted to trail bridge) Cynwyd Heritage Trail (formerly SEPTA Cynwyd Line to Manayunk) Bala Cynwyd and Manayunk 40°01′31″N 75°13′35″W Rail service abandoned 1986 (line truncated at Cynwyd); trail opened 2015 HAER documentation
Green Lane Bridge West Manayunk and Manayunk 40°01′34″N 75°13′41″W
Flat Rock Dam Belmont Hills and Shawmont 40°02′23″N 75°14′49″W Mid-1970s concrete replacement of original crib and timber dam

Montgomery County

Fayette Street Bridge (Matsonford Bridge) West Conshohocken and Conshohocken 40°04′14″N 75°18′34″W
Plymouth Dam (removed) West Conshohocken and Connaughtown 40°04′30″N 75°18′57″W Breached; removed 2009
River Map and Water Trail Guide update
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge I-476 West Conshohocken and Connaughtown 40°04′42″N 75°19′05″W
Upper Merion & Plymouth rail bridge Swedeland and Ivy Rock 40°05′26″N 75°19′17″W Also used as private truck road
Trenton Cutoff rail bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Trenton Cutoff Swedesburg and Black Horse 40°06′10″N 75°19′30″W HAER documentation
Schuylkill River Bridge I-276 / Penna Turnpike Swedesburg and Black Horse 40°06′11″N 75°19′30″W
DeKalb Veterans Memorial Bridge US 202 northbound Bridgeport and Norristown 40°06′36″N 75°20′40″W
Bridgeport Bridge SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100) Bridgeport and Norristown 40°06′38″N 75°20′47″W Former Philadelphia and Western Railroad; HAER documentation
Norristown Dam Bridgeport and Norristown 40°06′38″N 75°20′49″W
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern
Morrisville Connecting Track		 Bridgeport and Norristown via Barbadoes Island 40°06′43″N 75°21′08″W Crosses under Dannehower Bridge on north side of Barbadoes Island. Former Reading passenger main line to Reading and Pottsville
Dannehower Bridge US 202 southbound Bridgeport and Norristown via Barbadoes Island 40°06′42″N 75°21′01″W Twin Span
Rail bridge CSX Stony Creek Branch Barbadoes Island and Norristown 40°06′28″N 75°21′03″W Merges into NS Morrisville Connecting Track
Haws Avenue bridge Barbadoes Island and Norristown 40°06′55″N 75°21′22″W Barbadoes Island power plant access
Schuylkill River Crossing Complex US 422 Port Kennedy and Betzwood 40°06′27″N 75°25′12″W Work is under way on a new, five-span structure, 785 feet long with a total width of 146 feet, to carry six lanes of traffic.[1]
Sullivan's Bridge
([Old] Betzwood Bridge)		 Former PA 363 (South Trooper Road) Port Kennedy and Betzwood 40°06′27″N 75°25′14″W Demolished in 1995,[2] replacement pedestrian and bicycle bridge began construction May 2014[3] and opened August 19, 2016.[4]

Chester County – Montgomery County

Pawlings Road bridge Phoenixville and Audubon 40°06′53″N 75°28′14″W
Rail bridge Valley Forge and Oaks 40°07′29″N 75°27′41″W Former Reading Perkiomen Branch, now part of Norfolk Southern Devault Secondary, currently inactive as a branch
Dam Island and Oaks 40°07′44″N 75°28′17″W
Mont Clare Bridge PA 29 (Bridge Street) Phoenixville and Mont Clare 40°08′07″N 75°30′31″W Formerly Gordon's, Starr's, or Jacob's ford
Rail bridge Phoenixville and Mont Clare 40°08′15″N 75°30′36″W Former PRR Schuylkill Branch, now Norfolk Southern Devault Secondary, currently out of service
Black Rock Dam Phoenixville and Mont Clare 40°08′53″N 75°30′22″W
Black Rock Bridge PA 113 Phoenixville and Mingo 40°09′32″N 75°30′43″W
Rail bridge Black Rock Tunnel, Phoenixville and Upper Providence Township 40°08′53″N 75°31′09″W Former Reading main line, now Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line
Rail bridge Cromby and Mingo 40°09′37″N 75°31′37″W Former Reading (currently Norfolk Southern) industrial spur serving Cromby Power Plant
Road bridge East Bridge Street Spring City and Royersford 40°10′56″N 75°32′43″W
Rail bridge (abandoned) Spring City and Royersford 40°11′05″N 75°32′48″W PRR industrial spur connecting Schuylkill Branch with industries in Royersford
Vincent Dam (breached, removed 2009) East Vincent Township and Linfield 40°12′20″N 75°33′53″W Schuylkill Canal Navigation Dam, removed 2009
Rail bridge (removed) Parker Ford and Linfield 40°12′13″N 75°34′49″W PRR industrial spur connecting Schuylkill Branch with industries in Linfield
Limerick Road bridge Parker Ford and Linfield 40°12′18″N 75°34′51″W
Sanatoga Road Bridge (ruin, removed, approaches macadam) Fricks Lock and Sanatoga 40°14′07″N 75°35′46″W
Rail bridge (abandoned) Conrail Fricks Lock and Pottstown 40°14′00″N 75°36′27″W Former PRR Schuylkill Branch
Road bridge US 422 Kenilworth and Pottstown 40°13′54″N 75°37′30″W
Madison Bridge Keim Street Kenilworth and Pottstown 40°14′05″N 75°38′03″W Closed October 2010 after a bridge inspection, scheduled for replacement or repair
Hanover Street Bridge Hanover Street North Coventry Township and Pottstown 40°14′32″N 75°39′04″W
Road bridge PA 100 North Coventry Township and Pottstown 40°14′33″N 75°39′34″W
Rail Bridge (abandoned) North Coventry Township and Pottstown 40°14′39″N 75°39′44″W Former Reading spur, serviced pig iron works in North Coventry
Road bridge US 422 North Coventry Township and Stowe 40°14′35″N 75°40′29″W

Berks County

Road bridge River Road Unionville (Union Township) and Douglassville 40°14′59″N 75°43′30″W
Rail bridge (converted to trail bridge) Schuylkill River Trail Unionville (Union Township) and Douglassville 40°15′22″N 75°43′56″W
Monocacy Bridge Main Street Monocacy (Union Township) and Monocacy Station 40°15′30″N 75°46′06″W
Road bridge PA 345 Birdsboro and Baumstown 40°16′06″N 75°48′30″W Former PA 82
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern Birdsboro and Baumstown 40°16′04″N 75°48′38″W Reading Belt Branch of Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line; also former Reading Wilmington & Northern branch
Road bridge Gibraltar Road Gibraltar and Lorane 40°17′20″N 75°52′03″W
Highway bridge US 422 (Benjamin Franklin Highway, West Shore Bypass) Ridgewood and Reiffton 40°18′20″N 75°53′42″W
Highway bridge US 422 (Benjamin Franklin Highway, West Shore Bypass) Poplar Neck and Ridgewood 40°18′31″N 75°54′21″W
Rail bridge (converted to trail bridge) Schuylkill River Trail – Thun Trail Poplar Neck and Ridgewood 40°18′29″N 75°54′22″W
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern Poplar Neck and Ridgewood 40°18′12″N 75°54′21″W Reading Belt branch of Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line
Road bridge Poplar Neck Road Poplar Neck and Ridgewood 40°18′08″N 75°54′20″W
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern Kenhorst and Poplar Neck 40°18′37″N 75°55′12″W Reading Belt branch of Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line
Rail bridge (converted to trail bridge) Schuylkill River Trail – Thun Trail Kenhorst and Poplar Neck 40°18′41″N 75°55′11″W
Highway bridge US 422 (Benjamin Franklin Highway, West Shore Bypass) Kenhorst and Poplar Neck 40°18′44″N 75°55′11″W
Road bridge
US 222 Bus. (Bingaman Street)		 Kenhorst and Reading 40°19′32″N 75°55′59″W
Rail bridge (converted to trail bridge) Schuylkill River Trail – Thun Trail West Reading and Reading 40°19′54.0″N 75°56′19.2″W
Road bridge
US 422 Bus. (Penn Street)		 West Reading and Reading 40°20′7″N 75°56′14″W
Road bridge Buttonwood Street West Reading and Reading 40°20′21″N 75°56′35″W
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern West Reading and Reading 40°20′27″N 75°56′49″W NS Harrisburg Line
Road bridge PA 183 (Schuylkill Avenue) Reading 40°21′02″N 75°56′37″W
Road bridge Cartech Road Reading 40°21′39″N 75°56′17″W {Private}
Shepps Dam railroad bridge Norfolk Southern Reading 40°21′50″N 75°56′27″W NS Reading Line (Allentown–Reading)
Road bridge PA 12 (Warren Street Bypass) Reading 40°21′52″N 75°56′28″W
Road bridge US 222 Reading 40°23′37″N 75°58′22″W
Peacock's Lock Viaduct Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad 40°24′36″N 75°56′51″W HAER documentation
Road bridge Cross Keys Road 40°24′53″N 75°56′23″W
Road bridge Wall Street Leesport 40°26′44″N 75°58′6″W
Road bridge Bellemans Church Road Leesport and Dauberville 40°27′24″N 75°58′38″W
Road bridge Main Street Shoemakersville and Mohrsville 40°28′20″N 75°58′20″W
Road bridge Miller Street Shoemakersville 40°29′44″N 75°58′17″W
Berne Bridge Fisher Dam Road (TR 952) Berne 40°31′20″N 75°59′52″W 1889 truss bridge; 1896 per this website
Road bridge PA 61 Hamburg and West Hamburg 40°33′07″N 75°59′32″W
Road bridge State Street Hamburg and West Hamburg 40°33′14″N 75°59′25″W Old US 22
Rail bridge (converted to trail bridge) Schuylkill River Trail Hamburg and West Hamburg 40°33′20″N 75°59′20″W Former PRR Schuylkill Branch
Road bridge I-78 / US 22 Hamburg and West Hamburg 40°33′37″N 75°59′21″W

Schuylkill County

Road bridge PA 61 Port Clinton, Tilden Township 40°34′24.9″N 76°1′10″W Connects Schuylkill and Berks Counties
Rail bridge Reading and Northern Port Clinton 40°34′42.7″N 76°1′36.6″W Yard access to Reading and Northern headquarters, carries Tamaqua branch
Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line West Brunswick Township 40°35′21.8″N 76°4′32.5″W
Rail bridge (abandoned) Former Pennsylvania Railroad West Brunswick Township 40°35′19.7″N 76°4′32″W Carried Pennsylvania Railroad (Pennsy) across Schuylkill River then Reading main line
Road bridge (abandoned) River Road/East Deer View Drive Auburn 40°35′5.9″N 76°4′48.9″W Closed to vehicles in 2000 due to structural deficiencies, still open to pedestrian traffic
Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line Auburn 40°35′15.9″N 76°4′53.4″W
Road bridge PA 895 West Brunswick Township 40°36′6.7″N 76°5′19.2″W
Rail bridge Former Pennsylvania Railroad, now active siding for industry West Brunswick Township 40°36′32″N 76°6′7″W Closed to Pennsy traffic but still carries siding to local factories
Rail bridge Former Pennsylvania Railroad, now active siding from Reading and Northern West Brunswick Township 40°36′41.4″N 76°6′23.6″W Closed to Pennsy traffic but still carries siding to local factories
Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line West Brunswick Township 40°36′40.4″N 76°6′24″W
Landingville Dam West Brunswick Township 40°36′31.1″N 76°6′22.4″W Desilting dam
Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line West Brunswick Township 40°37′13.4″N 76°7′15.9″W Stone arch construction
Road bridge Tunnel Road West Brunswick Township 40°37′19.2″N 76°7′8.8″W Wooden deck, single-lane vehicle bridge
Road bridge Meadow Drive/Main Street Landingville 40°37′43″N 76°7′28.5″W
Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line North Manheim Township 40°37′46″N 76°9′14.9″W
Road bridge PA 443 (Columbia Street) Schuylkill Haven 40°37′26.6″N 76°10′29″W Partially renovated in 2007

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Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line Schuylkill Haven 40°37′45.8″N 76°10′27.1″W
Road bridge Fritz Reed Avenue Schuylkill Haven 40°37′59.8″N 76°10′26.4″W Provides vehicle access to Schuylkill Haven Island Park (Irish Flats)
Rail bridge (abandoned) Abandoned industrial siding Schuylkill Haven 40°38′1.4″N 76°10′48.2″W
Dam (breached) Schuylkill Haven 40°38′1.8″N 76°10′48.3″W Sunken wood and concrete dam breached in center
Road bridge PA 183 (Pottsville Street) Cressona 40°38′14.6″N 76°10′57.2″W
Road bridge PA 61 exit ramp to PA 183 Cressona 40°38′15.8″N 76°10′59.4″W
Road bridge Access to Cressona Mall Cressona 40°38′16.9″N 76°11′3.2″W
Road bridge Mount Carbon Arch Road Mount Carbon 40°40′21.2″N 76°11′8.2″W
Rail bridge Reading and Northern main line Pottsville 40°40′45.4″N 76°11′20.9″W
Rail bridge (abandoned) Former Pennsylvania Railroad Pottsville 40°40′52″N 76°11′25.5″W Concrete arch with no track remaining
Bridge PA 61 Pottsville 40°40′53.5″N 76°11′23.5″W
Bridge Access to medical plaza Pottsville 40°40′57.1″N 76°11′18.5″W
Road bridge (abandoned) Collin Street Pottsville and Palo Alto 40°41′0.7″N 76°11′11″W Closed in 2006, still open to pedestrian traffic, slated for replacement

See also
  • Transport portal
  • Engineering portal
  • Pennsylvania portal

References
  1. "PENNDOT AWARDS $97.4 MILLION CONTRACT TO REPLACE BRIDGES AND IMPROVE U.S. 422 IN VALLEY FORGE AREA". Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "Turn-of-the-century Bridge Reaches Beginning Of Its End The Betzwood Road Bridge In Upper Merion Is Being Demolished So Penndot Can Replace It. - philly-archives".
  3. "Sullivan's Bridge construction begins with groundbreaking ceremony; Route 422 bridge project to begin three years early".
  4. Carl Rotenberg (2016-08-19). "Sullivan's Bridge opens in Valley Forge National Historical Park". The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
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