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.

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	~
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.