| Bridge Name: | Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge |
| Other Name: | Arsenal Railroad Bridge, Arsenal Bridge |
| Locale: | Grays Ferry neighborhood, eastern approach, University City neighborhood (western approach) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Owner: | CSX Transportation |
| Design: | deck truss spans |
| Material: | wrought iron |
| Length: | 832 feet |
| Mainspan: | 192 feet |
| Spans: | 9 |
| Pierswater: | 3 |
| Traffic: | open |
| Preceded: | 1862 single track |
| Coordinates: | 39.9433°N -75.1917°W |
Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge is a wrought iron, two-track, deck truss swing bridge across the Schuylkill River between the University City and Grays Ferry neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] It was built in 1885–86 by the Pennsylvania Railroad.Today, its swing span has been fixed shut, and the electrical catenary de-energized.
The bridge is named for the Schuylkill Arsenal, which operated from 1799 to 1926 near the bridge's eastern approaches.[2] Its western approach runs past the University of Pennsylvania's Meiklejohn Stadium.[3]
In January 2014, a CSX train carrying crude oil derailed on the bridge.[4]
The 1886 bridge replaced the original Arsenal Bridge, which was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1861 and put in operation on January 27, 1862,[5] as part of the Delaware Extension. It carried a single track over three wrought-iron spans on stone piers and a central center-pivot swing span.[6]