West Trenton Railroad Bridge

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West Trenton Railroad Bridge
West Trenton Railroad Bridge
Carries CSX and SEPTA R3 West Trenton
Crosses Delaware River
Locale Yardley, Pennsylvania and Ewing Township, New Jersey
Maintained by CSX
Design Concrete arch bridge
Total length 440.59 meters (1,445.5 feet)
Opening date 1913

The West Trenton Railroad Bridge is a stone arch bridge carrying the CSX and SEPTA R3 West Trenton rail lines across the Delaware River between Yardley, Pennsylvania and Ewing Township, New Jersey. It was originally designed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to replace a bridge at the same site, and was constructed from 1911 - 1913 by the F.W. Talbot Construction Company.

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