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Railfan Pictures of the Week - 9/28/2014
| SEPTA Route 15 Richmond Street Philadelphia PA September 7 2014 |
| Welcome to the new Richmond Street, pretty isn't she, trolley tracks, fancy lighting, new asphalt. |
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| The old Richmond Street is just a few steps away but almost completely obliterated, save for the rails that remain at the crossing streets and a bit at the north end. With the completion of this phase of construction (Section GR1) scheduled for 2016, the old right of way will soon be underneath the new I-95. The trolleys should return at that time (fingers crossed). |
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| The famous Reading/Conrail "truck eating" bridges are now gone, with access to the Port Richmond rail yard now via a temporary fill bridge to the south. |
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| On the other side of the fill bridge, they will be erecting new, vegetarian bridges with much higher clearances, guaranteed not to turn tractor-trailers into convertibles. The walls even have designs built into them, high class indeed. |
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| North of the new bridge, Richmond Street will curve back to the existing roadway at Ann Street. |
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All pictures September 7, 2014 Copyright © 2014 John P. Almeida Photographs for personal use only. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited. |
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