Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge was built 1885–86 by the Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania Railroad

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 as a formerly electrified, wrought iron

Wrought iron

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, two track, deck truss, (fixed shut) swing bridge across the Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River

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 in the University City

University City

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 neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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.

Eastern approach

The name comes from the former Schuylkill Arsenal

Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot

The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, now known as the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, was founded as the Schuylkill Arsenal in 1799.-History:...

, 1799–1926, located near the eastern approaches to this bridge.

Western approach

The University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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's Meiklejohn Stadium

Meiklejohn Stadium

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is next to the western approach to the bridge.

Original bridge

The 1886 bridge replaced the original Arsenal Bridge, which was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1861 and put in operation 27 January 1862 as a single-track bridge, with three wrought iron spans on stone piers and a central center-pivot swing span.