Bridge Name: | West Trenton Railroad Bridge |
Carries: | CSX and SEPTA's West Trenton Line |
Crosses: | Delaware River |
Locale: | Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and West Trenton, Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey |
Maint: | CSX |
Design: | Concrete arch bridge |
Length: | 1445.5feet |
Open: | 1913 |
Coordinates: | 40.2417°N -74.8241°W |
The West Trenton Railroad Bridge is a concrete arch bridge carrying CSX's Trenton Subdivision and SEPTA's West Trenton Line across the Delaware River between Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the West Trenton section of Ewing Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. It was originally designed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and was constructed from 1911 to 1913 by the F. W. Talbot Construction Company.
The bridge is 1445.5feet long between abutments, and is made up of 14 arches, 11 of which have a clear span of 90.75feet and 3 with a clear span of 85.92feet[1]
The masonry piers alongside this bridge carried the original 1875 wrought-iron truss bridge (Yardleyville Centennial Bridge).