Historic West Philadelphia "Killer Bridge"

Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, looking West along main line tracks toward fly-over span. This bridge is significant, historically, because of the bridge's main span.

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Historic West Philadelphia "Killer Bridge"

Take a look at the pictures and the history behind this West Philadelphia bridge. One engineer says it's in such bad shape, someone could get hurt or even killed.

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