Newtown Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary)

Newtown Creek is a tributary, rising near Stoop Road in Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It is part of the Delaware River watershed[2] and is located entirely in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[3] The Newtown Creek Bridge over Centre Avenue was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

This article is about the creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. For the creek in New York City, see Newtown Creek.
Newtown Creek
Newtown Creek Bridge
Newtown Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipNewtown, Middletown
BoroughNewtown
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°15′56″N 74°57′51″W
 • elevation320 feet (98 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°12′39″N 74°56′34″W
 • elevation
69 feet (21 m)
Length5.66 miles (9.11 km)
Basin size6.29 square miles (16.3 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionNewtown Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
LandmarksAll Saints Cemetery, Roberts Ridge Park, Newtown Cemetery, Newtown Creek Bridge, George School
Slope44.35 feet per mile (8.400 m/km)

Statistics

Newtown Creek rises near Stoopville Road east of Pennsylvania Route 413,[1] flows generally in a southerly direction to its confluence at the Neshaminy Creek's 16.1 river mile[4] passing along the western side of Newtown Borough. Its watershed is approximately 6.29 square miles (16.3 km2).[5]

Tributaries

Newtown Creek has one unnamed tributary on the left bank near Wright's Road.

Geology

Newtown Creek rises in the Lockatong Formation, sedimentary rock deposited during the Upper Triassic. Mineralogy includes argillite, shale, some limestone and calcareous shale.

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

[6]

CrossingNBI NumberLengthLanesSpansMaterial/DesignBuiltReconstructedLatitudeLongitude
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Newtown Bypass)70039 metres (30 ft)21Steel culvert197440°13'6"N74°56'24"W
Barclay Street751011 metres (36 ft)11Steel stringer/multi-beam or girder1917200740°13'19.2"N74°56'17.8"W
West Centre Avenue728910 metres (33 ft)22Masonry arch-deck1796187540°13'40.4"N74°56'18"W
West Washington Avenue17 metres (56 ft)21Steel girder or floorbeam system1903199640°13'45.8"W74°56'16.3"W
Jefferson Street728222 metres (72 ft)21Steel girder or floorbeam system1903199640°14'0"N74°56'12"W
Pennsylvania Route 532 (Washington Crossing Road)705012 metres (39 ft)21Prestressed concrete box beam or girders196740°14'32.6"N74°56'2"W
Wrights Road751712 metres (39 ft)21Prestressed concrete box beam or girders-multiple198340°15'18"N74°56'18"W
Eagle Road
South Drive
North Drive
Stoopville Road

See also

References
  1. Google Maps, 2017, retrieved 7 May 2017
  2. Neshaminy Creek
  3. MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P278.
  4. paGazetteerOfStreams, lycomingedu, p105, I.D. 02561 (PDF)
  5. Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS), I.D. 1182427
  6. http://www.nationalbridges.com/, retrieved 24 June 2017
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