Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia
Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia | |
The skewed brick ribs, looking west | |
Location | ![]() |
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Coordinates | 39°58′42″N 75°11′22″W / 39.97833°N 75.18944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1901 |
Architectural style | Single span stone skew arch |
MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88000847[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
The Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia carries Thirty-third Street (U.S. Route 13) over the former course of Master Street in the Brewerytown section of North Philadelphia, near Fairmount Park. The bridge was built in 1901 with an unusual skewed arch, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Ashlar, or dressed stone, covers the exterior of the arch, but the unusual skewed ribs are made of brick. The underpass is now inside an industrial area and normally closed even to foot traffic. The tracks of the former Pennsylvania Railroad are located just to the north and pass under a large modern bridge on Thirty-third Street.[2]
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The single span stone arch, looking west
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Looking east
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Looking west
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Interior stone and brickwork
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Detail at west end
See also[edit]
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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External links[edit]
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- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-463, "Brick Arch Culvert over Master Street", 7 photos, 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1901
- Bridges in Philadelphia
- Skew arch bridges
- Historic American Engineering Record in Philadelphia
- Lower North Philadelphia
- National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- U.S. Route 13
- Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
- Brick bridges in the United States
- Stone arch bridges in the United States
- 1901 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs