Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, east of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Gladwyne, Montgomery County, PA
Summary
Significance: This structure is significant as a well-preserved example among dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century, and one of few with a curving horizontal alignment.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N619
Survey number: HAER PA-536
Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Nicolls, Gustavus A
Steele, J Dutton
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Location
Gladwyne, 40.04931, -75.27707
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html