West Branch Neshaminy Creek
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{{Infobox river
| name = West Branch Neshaminy Creek
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| pushpin_map_caption= West Branch Neshaminy Creek
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Pennsylvania
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = Montgomery
Bucks
| subdivision_type4 = Township
| subdivision_name4 = Franconia
Hatfield
New Britain
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| subdivision_name5 = Hatfield
| length = {{convert|8.01|mi|km}}
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| source1_coordinates= {{Coord|40|17|43|N|75|18|12|W}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|340|ft|m}}
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| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|40|16|56|N|75|12|15|W|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|240|ft|m}}
| progression = West Branch Neshaminy Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
| river_system = Delaware River
| basin_size = {{convert|25|sqmi|km2}}
| basin_landmarks = West Branch Park
Kelly Park
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| tributaries_left = Reading Creek
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| bridges = Bergey Road
Penn Avenue
East Broad Street
East Lincoln Avenue
Chestnut Street
East Vine Street
Orvilla Road
Line Lexington Road
Pennsylvania Route 309 (Bethlehem Pike)
County Line Road
Schoolhouse Road
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West Branch Neshaminy Creek is one of two branches of the Neshaminy Creek, the other being the North Branch, part of the Delaware River watershed.MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1. It is located in Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1190919|title=West Branch Neshaminy Creek|website=Geographic Name Information System|accessdate=June 12, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf |title=Gazetter of Streams|page= 146|website=lycoming.edu|accessdate=June 12, 2017}}
Course
West Bank Neshaminy Creek rises from an unnamed pond southeast of County Line Road between Church Street and East Township Line Road at an elevation of {{convert|340|ft|m}}, flowing south for about {{convert|2.70|mi|km}} where it meets an unnamed tributary from the left bank, then turns to the southeast for about {{convert|1.3|mi|km}} where it meets a tributary from the right. Then it meanders to the east, then northeast, then southeast, picking up three more tributaries from the right and one from the left (Arrowhead Spring Creek) before meeting up with the North Branch to form the Neshaminy at an elevation of {{convert|240|ft|m}}, total length of the branch is {{convert|8.01|mi|km}}, resulting in an average slope of {{convert|12.48|ft/mi|m/km}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/west+branch+neshaminy+creek/@40.2823665,-75.2805407,14z/data=!3m1!4b1|title=West Branch Neshaminy Creek|website=Google maps|accessdate=June 12, 2017}}{{better source|reason=better to have a secondary source|date=June 2017}} The West Branch drains {{convert|25|sqmi|km2}}.
Named tributaries
- Reading Creek{{citation|chapter-url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_004949.pdf|title=Tri-Municipal Master Trail & Greenway Plan|chapter=Water Resources|page=25|date=November 2010|accessdate=June 12, 2017|publisher=Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Pennsylvania}}
Municipalities
Bridges
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| Crossing | NBI Number | Length | Lanes | Spans | Material/Design | Built | Reconstructed | Latitude||Longitude | |
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| County Line Road| | |||||||||
| East Township Line Road| | |||||||||
| Bergey Road| | |||||||||
| Penn Avenue| | |||||||||
| East Broad Street | 27529 | {{convert|8|m|ft}} | 2 | 2 | Masonry Arch-deck| | ||||
| |40°16'50.8"N | 75°17'53.62"W | ||||||||
| East Lincoln Avenue | 42587 | {{convert|8.2|m|ft}} | 2 | 2 | Masonry Arch-deck| | ||||
| |40°16'49"N | 75°17'51"W | ||||||||
| Chestnut Street| | |||||||||
| East Vine Street | 27896 | {{convert|15|m|ft}} | 2 | 1 | Prestressed concrete Box Beam or Girders - Multiple | 1986| | |||
| |40°16'36"N | 75°17'33"W | ||||||||
| Orvilla Road | 27532 | {{convert|25|m|ft}} | 2 | 3 | Masonry Arch-Deck| | ||||
| |40°17'1.7"N | 75°16'22.17"W | ||||||||
| Line Lexington Road | 28020 | {{convert|12.8|m|ft}} | 2| | ||||||
| |Prestressed concrete Box Beam or Girders - Multiple | 1998| | ||||||||
| |40°16'8"N | 75°16'19"W | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania Route 309 (Bethlehem Pike) | 27400 | {{convert|23|m|ft}} | 4 | 2 | Concrete Tee Beam | 1934 | 1963 | 40°16'24"N | 75°15'30.75"W |
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| Schoolhouse Road| | |||||||||