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The Coatesville High Bridge is a stone masonry arch railroad viaduct that crosses the valley of the West Branch Brandywine Creek at… Read more…

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The Coatesville High Bridge is a stone masonry arch railroad viaduct that crosses the valley of the West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1902 and 1904, it has ten arches and spans a total length of 934 feet, with wing walls extending it to 1,287 feet. 78 feet high, the bridge was built to accommodate four standard gauge railroad tracks, with a total length of 52 feet.The Pennsylvania Railroad's Main Line passes along the north side of Coatesville on the southern slope of the North Valley Hills. The bridge carries the Main Line across the water gap cut by the Brandywine, as well as the former Wilmington and Northern Branch of the Reading Railroad and Pennsylvania Route 82.

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Address Coatesville 19320, United States
Coordinates 39°59'2.912" N, 75°49'36.876" W
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
High Bridge
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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