Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia


Thirty-third Street Bridge in Philadelphia
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The skewed brick ribs, looking west
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Location	US 13 (Thirty-third Street) over Master St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′42″N 75°11′22″W / 39.97833°N 75.18944°W / 39.97833; -75.18944
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]

The single span stone arch, looking west
Looking east
Looking west
Interior stone and brickwork
Detail at west end

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References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ NRHP Nomination form

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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

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