The 5 span, 435'-long, built up deck girder bridge built in 1927 is supported on ashlar abutments and wide, built up steel bent towers. It has steel railings with a reticulated pattern. Girder bridges are one of the most common bridge types in the state, first developed by the railroad industry in the 1840s and built in great numbers for both highway and railroad applications through the mid 20th century. Examples dating to before 1900 are not uncommon in the county. This bridge has no innovative or distinctive details. According to city records, it was built by the city to improve vehicular traffic flow, rather than by the railroad to improve its operations. It does not have a significant historic association with the development of the PHMC-determined eligible PRR Main Line. The bridge is not historically or technologicaly distinguished by its setting or context.

The high level bridge carries a 2 lane street and 2 sidewalks over 2 active Conrail tracks, a busway and a city street. It spans between 2 neighborhoods of undistinguished working class houses and industrial buildings. The setting does not have the cohesiveness or integrity of a historic district. The railroad is the former Pennsylvania RR Main Line. Originally 4 tracked, 2 tracks have been removed for the busway. The line has been determined eligible by PHMC (DOE 9/14/93).