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Summit Bridge (1959)
Photos
Summit Bridge Delaware
Photo posted to Wikipedia by user Lee Cannon
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
BH Photo #309245
Description
Web page for bridge: http://www.johnweeks.com/c-and-d-canal/pages/summit.htmlFacts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over C&D Canal on US 301/DE 896
- Location
- New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1959; rehabilitated 1987
- Design
- Polygonal Warren through truss cantilever.
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 182.8 ft.
Total length: 627.3 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Also called
- C&D Canal Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.54116, -75.73816 (decimal degrees)
39°32'28" N, 75°44'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/436570/4377093 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Saint Georges
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 26,840
- Inventory number
- BH 12277 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 56 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- May 13, 2021: New photos from Ian Nelson
- August 7, 2019: New photos from Timothy and Joann Phillips
- April 10, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: Refined bridge type.
- November 28, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- January 4, 2014: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Added link to web page for bridge
- April 19, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Wikipedia
- Timothy and Joann Phillips
- John Weeks Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography - web page for bridge
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Ian Nelson
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/de/new-castle/1494016/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/de/new-castle/1494016/
This bridge now carries Delaware routes 71 and 896. It also carried US 301, now shifted to a new toll road not crossing this canal, so US 301 is now removed from here.