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Authorizing National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 60 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington D.C. 2002, owner of the property on the north side and the south side of the 2900 block of Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, its successors and assigns to construct, own and maintain a pedestrian bridge and vertical transportation structure on, over and below the Arch street public right-of-way adjacent to 30th Street Station, under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as AMTRAK, is the owner of property on the north side and the south side of the 2900 block of Arch street and is constructing a multi-level parking facility on the north of Arch street; and
WHEREAS, AMTRAK has requested permission to construct, own and maintain a pedestrian bridge and a vertical transportation structure on, over and below the Arch street public right-of-way to connect its proposed multi-level parking facility on the north side of the 2900 block of Arch street with 30th Street Station on the south side of the 2900 block of Arch street; now, therefore,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. AMTRAK, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, own and maintain the following structures:
(a) a three (3) span, glass enclosed steel pedestrian bridge on proposed piers for pedestrian ingress and egress between the north side of the 2900 block of Arch street and a multi-level parking garage and the 30th Street Station on the south side of the same block. The pedestrian bridge with piers will be constructed over, on and below the one hundred-foot (100') wide public right-of-way of the 2900 block of Arch street. The pedestrian bridge is approximately twenty-nine feet (29') wide and the centerline is located approximately one hundred and nine feet (109') east of the east right-of-way line of Thirtieth street.
The center span is approximately eighty-five feet (85') long ...
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