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 and Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) survey numbers are noted where available.

Crossings

Images	Crossing	Carries	Location	Opened[1]	Coordinates	Notes
Philadelphia
	Girard Point Bridge	I-95	Mud Island, Southwest Philadelphia and South Philadelphia	1973	39°53′32″N 75°11′50″W	Double-deck bridge; upper deck southbound
	George C. Platt Bridge	PA 291		1949	39°53′53″N 75°12′42″W	Through truss bridge
	Passyunk Avenue Bridge	Passyunk Avenue		1983	39°55′11″N 75°12′07″W	Double-leaf bascule bridge
	B&O Railroad Bridge	CSX Philadelphia Subdivision		1910	39°56′08″N 75°12′21″W	Swing bridge
	Grays Ferry Avenue Bridge	Grays Ferry Avenue		1976	39°56′28″N 75°12′18″W
	University Avenue Bridge	University Avenue		1930	39°56′34″N 75°11′49″W	Double-leaf bascule bridge
	Schuylkill Expressway Bridge	I-76		1956	39°56′31″N 75°11′38″W
	Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge	CSX Harrisburg Subdivision		1886	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		2010	39°56′49″N 75°11′13″W	Opened November 6, 2010
	Walnut Street Bridge	Walnut Street		1991	39°57′06″N 75°10′54″W
	Chestnut Street Bridge	Chestnut Street		1957	39°57′11″N 75°10′52″W
	Market Street Bridge	PA 3 eastbound		1932	39°57′16″N 75°10′49″W
	Market–Frankford Line Tunnel	SEPTA Market–Frankford Line		1955	39°57′16″N 75°10′49″W	Also carries SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines
	John F. Kennedy Boulevard Bridge	PA 3 westbound		1959	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)		1959	39°57′36″N 75°10′48″W
	Spring Garden Street Bridge	Spring Garden Street		1965	39°57′51″N 75°11′01″W	Originally the Colossus Bridge
	MLK Drive Bridge	Martin Luther King, Jr. (formerly West River) Drive		1966	39°57′52″N 75°11′02″W	Passes underneath Spring Garden Street Bridge at center of both bridges
	Fairmount Water Works Dam			1928	39°58′02″N 75°11′11″W
	Girard Avenue Bridge	US 13 (Girard Avenue)		1972	39°58′31″N 75°11′36″W	HABS PA-1657
	Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge	SEPTA Trenton Line SEPTA Chestnut Hill West Line Amtrak Northeast Corridor New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line		1867	39°58′35″N 75°11′38″W	HAER PA-37, HABS PA-6213
	Columbia Railroad Bridge	CSX Trenton Subdivision		1920	39°59′06″N 75°12′14″W
	Strawberry Mansion Bridge	Strawberry Drive		1897	39°59′43″N 75°11′38″W	HAER PA-92, HABS PA-1669
	Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls	CSX Trenton Subdivision		1890	40°00′23″N 75°11′33″W	Wrought iron plate girder; HAER PA-553
	Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct	CSX Trenton Subdivision		1856	40°00′21″N 75°11′32″W	Stone arch; HAER PA-39
	Twin Bridges	US 1 (Roosevelt Expressway)		1960	40°00′24″N 75°11′35″W
	Falls Bridge	Calumet Street		1895	40°00′30″N 75°11′51″W	HAER PA-35
	City Avenue Bridges	City Avenue		1955	40°00′42″N 75°12′21″W
Montgomery County–Philadelphia
	Pencoyd Bridge	Rail bridge converted to road bridge	Bala Cynwyd and Manayunk	1900	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	1889	40°01′19″N 75°13′10″W	Former Reading, HAER PA-552
	Manayunk Bridge (rail bridge converted to trail bridge)	Cynwyd Heritage Trail (formerly SEPTA Cynwyd Line to Manayunk)	Bala Cynwyd and Manayunk	1918	40°01′31″N 75°13′35″W	Rail service abandoned 1986 (line truncated at Cynwyd), trail opened 2015, HAER PA-551
	Green Lane Bridge		West Manayunk and Manayunk	1928	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	1987	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 and 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	1915	40°06′10″N 75°19′30″W	HAER PA-538
	Schuylkill River Bridge	I-276 / Penna Turnpike	Swedesburg and Black Horse	1954	40°06′11″N 75°19′30″W
	DeKalb Veterans Memorial Bridge	US 202 (DeKalb Street) northbound	Bridgeport and Norristown	1993	40°06′36″N 75°20′40″W
	Bridgeport Bridge	SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100)	Bridgeport and Norristown	1912	40°06′38″N 75°20′47″W	Former Philadelphia and Western Railroad, HAER PA-535
	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 Norfolk Southern 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	2019	40°06′27″N 75°25′12″W	Previous bridge replaced with a new, five-span structure, 785 feet (239 m) long with a total width of 146 feet (45 m), to carry six lanes of traffic[2]
	Sullivan's Bridge ([Old] Betzwood Bridge)	Former PA 363 (South Trooper Road)	Port Kennedy and Betzwood	2016	40°06′27″N 75°25′14″W	Demolished in 1995,[3] replacement pedestrian and bicycle bridge began construction May 2014[4] and opened August 19, 2016[5]
Chester County–Montgomery County
	Pawlings Road bridge		Phoenixville and Audubon	1987	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	1997	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 (Black Rock Road)	Phoenixville and Mingo	1916	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	1922	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 (removed)		East Vincent Township and Linfield		40°12′20″N 75°33′53″W	Schuylkill Canal Navigation Dam, breached and 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	1932	40°12′18″N 75°34′51″W
	Sanatoga Road Bridge (removed)		Fricks Lock and Sanatoga		40°14′07″N 75°35′46″W	Ruin; macadam approaches
	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	2016	40°13′54″N 75°37′30″W
	Madison Bridge	Keim Street	Kenilworth and Pottstown	1935	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	1975	40°14′32″N 75°39′04″W
	Road bridge	PA 100 (Pottstown Pike)	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 Warwick Iron and Steel Company slag dumping operations
	Road bridge	US 422	North Coventry Township and Stowe	1965	40°14′35″N 75°40′29″W
Berks County
	Road bridge	River Road	Unionville (Union Township) and Douglassville	1951	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	1914	40°15′30″N 75°46′06″W
	Road bridge	PA 345	Birdsboro and Baumstown	2014	40°16′06″N 75°48′30″W	Former PA 82
	Rail bridge	Norfolk Southern	Birdsboro and Baumstown	1925	40°16′04″N 75°48′38″W	Reading Belt Branch of Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line; also former Reading Wilmington and Northern branch
	Road bridge	Gibraltar Road	Gibraltar and Lorane	1974	40°17′20″N 75°52′03″W
	Highway bridge	US 422 (Benjamin Franklin Highway, West Shore Bypass)	Ridgewood and Reiffton	1963	40°18′20″N 75°53′42″W
	Highway bridge	US 422 (Benjamin Franklin Highway, West Shore Bypass)	Poplar Neck and Ridgewood	1963	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	1917	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	1963	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	Norfolk Southern 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	1966	40°23′37″N 75°58′22″W
	Peacock's Lock Viaduct	Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad		1856	40°24′36″N 75°56′51″W	HAER PA-118
	Road bridge	Cross Keys Road		1973	40°24′53″N 75°56′23″W
	Road bridge	Wall Street	Leesport	2018	40°26′44″N 75°58′6″W
	Road bridge	Bellemans Church Road	Leesport and Dauberville	1991	40°27′24″N 75°58′38″W
	Road bridge	Main Street	Shoemakersville and Mohrsville	1937	40°28′20″N 75°58′20″W
	Road bridge	Miller Street	Shoemakersville	2019	40°29′44″N 75°58′17″W
	Berne Bridge	Fisher Dam Road (TR 952)	Berne	2015	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	1927	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	1955	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	1903	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	1924	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	1925	40°37′19.2″N 76°7′8.8″W	Wooden deck, single-lane vehicle bridge
	Road bridge	Meadow Drive/Main Street	Landingville	1923	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	1921	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	1929	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 (removed)		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	1951	40°38′14.6″N 76°10′57.2″W
	Road bridge	PA 61 exit ramp to PA 183	Cressona	1951	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	1925	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	2015	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. "LTBP InfoBridge". US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
2. "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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
3. "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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
4. "Sullivan's Bridge construction begins with groundbreaking ceremony; Route 422 bridge project to begin three years early". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
5. Rotenberg, Carl (2016-08-19). "Sullivan's Bridge opens in Valley Forge National Historical Park". The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-08.