Holmesburg Junction
Holmesburg Junction is a railway stop in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Holmesburg Junction is situated nearby to the prison Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility, as well as near Rambler Playground.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holmesburg Junction station and Frankford Avenue Bridge.
Holmesburg Junction station
Railway station
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Holmesburg Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Rhawn and Decatur Streets in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line.
Frankford Avenue Bridge
Bridge
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The Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as the Pennypack Creek Bridge, the Pennypack Bridge, the Holmesburg Bridge, and the King's Highway Bridge, erected in 1697 in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States. Frankford Avenue Bridge is situated 4,200 feet north of Holmesburg Junction.
Tacony station
Railway station
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Tacony station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Disston and Keystone Streets in the Tacony neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. Tacony station is situated 1 mile southwest of Holmesburg Junction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mayfair and Holmesburg.
Mayfair
Neighborhood
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Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues.
Holmesburg
Neighborhood
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Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Tacony
Neighborhood
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Tacony is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States, approximately 8 miles from downtown Philadelphia. It is bounded by the east side of Frankford Avenue on the northwest, the south side of Cottman Avenue on the northeast, the north side of Robbins Street on the southwest, and the Delaware River and Interstate 95 on the southeast.
Holmesburg Junction
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.03251° or 40° 1′ 57″ northLongitude
-75.02418° or 75° 1′ 27″ westOpen location code
87G62XMG+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 7061436416OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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