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Chambers Rock Road Bridge
Photos
Chambers Rock Rd. Bridge plaque
Plaque located on truss member on eastern side of bridge
Photo taken by Frank Danberg in August 2008
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BH Photo #121238
Description
Thompson's Station Bridge (State Bridge 216) is one of six intact historic metal highway truss bridges in Delaware. With its Warren pony truss configuration, Thompson's Station Bridge is typical of the small spans built along local roadways in rural areas throughout the country in response to increasing traffic in the late 19th and early 20th century. In addition, structures like Thompson's Station Bridge played a vital role in the economic development of rural areas during the last quarter of the 19th century and well into the 20th century, as local transportation networks underwent initial phases of development.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Warren pony truss bridge over White Clay Creek on Chambers Rock Road in Newark
- Location
- New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1928; rehabilitated 1995
- Builders
- - Belmont Iron Works of Chester, Pennsylvania
- Charles E. Grub (Engineer)
- New Castle County Engineer's Office
- Design
- Riveted Warren pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 66.9 ft.
Total length: 68.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Thompsons Station Bridge
Thompson's Station Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.73280, -75.76002 (decimal degrees)
39°43'58" N, 75°45'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/434872/4398377 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Newark West
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 3,354
- Inventory number
- BH 12286 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- December 27, 2014: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- March 19, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
- August 14, 2008: New photos from Frank Danberg
Sources
- Frank Danberg
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- HAER DE-37 - Thompson's Station Bridge, Spanning White Clay Creek on Chambers Rock Road (N329), Newark, New Castle County, DE
- Delaware DOT
Do you know who the architect was or the project engineer for this bridge? Any information would be appreciated. Thank you