Manayunk Bridge | |
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![]() The then-unused Manayunk Bridge in 1999 | |
Coordinates | 40°01′31″N 75°13′35″W / 40.02528°N 75.22639°W |
Carries | Former SEPTA Ivy Ridge Line |
Crosses | Schuylkill River and Schuylkill Expressway |
Locale | Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Maintained by | SEPTA |
Characteristics | |
Design | Open spandrel deck arch |
Material | Concrete |
Longest span | 150 feet (46 m) |
No. of spans | 15 |
Piers in water | 3 |
History | |
Designer | Pennsylvania Railroad |
Constructed by | T. L. Eyre (Philadelphia) |
Construction end | 1918 |
Closed | 1986, reopened as a trail bridge in 2015 |
Location | |
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The Manayunk Bridge (also known as the Manayunk Viaduct, Pencoyd Viaduct, and Schuylkill River Railroad Bridge[1]) is an S-shaped former railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River, Schuylkill Canal and Schuylkill Expressway, that connects Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County and the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Closed to rail traffic in 1986, it is now an extension of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail (along the river's west bank) and connects to the Schuylkill River Trail (along the east bank).