Girard Avenue Bridge

The Girard Avenue Bridge is an automobile and trolley bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries Girard Avenue over the Schuylkill River. It connects the east and west sections of Fairmount Park, and the Brewerytown neighborhood with the Philadelphia Zoo.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge and Philadelphia Zoo.

Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge

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Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries Amtrak Northeast Corridor rail lines and SEPTA and NJT commuter rail lines over the Schuylkill River. Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge is situated 450 feet northwest of Girard Avenue Bridge.

Philadelphia Zoo

Zoo

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The Philadelphia Zoo is a zoo located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia on the west bank of the Schuylkill River. It was the first true zoo in the United States; it was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, but its opening was delayed by the Civil War until July 1, 1874. Philadelphia Zoo is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Girard Avenue Bridge.

Letitia Street House

Historic house

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Letitia Street House is a modest eighteenth-century house in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. It was built along the Delaware riverfront about 1713, and relocated to its current site in 1883. Letitia Street House is situated 1,100 feet west of Girard Avenue Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northwest Philadelphia and Brewerytown.

Northwest Philadelphia

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Philadelphia's Northwest district is a huge area north of Lehigh Ave and west of Front St. This isn't the most visited part of town, but nonetheless there are plenty of interesting neighborhoods to explore.

Brewerytown

Neighborhood

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Brewerytown is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. An unofficial region, Brewerytown runs approximately between the Schuylkill River's eastern bank and 25th Street, bounded by Montgomery Avenue to the north and Parrish Street to the south.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Girard Avenue Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in United States of America
Categories: railway bridge and transportation
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.97537° or 39° 58′ 31″ north

Longitude

-75.19316° or 75° 11′ 35″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87F6XRG4+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 485212832

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

GeoNames ID

7147725

Wikidata ID

Q5564143

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Dutch: “Girard Avenue Bridge”

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