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Paper Mill Road Bridge

New Castle County, Delaware

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Stringer bridge over White Clay Creek on Paper Mill Road
Location
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1947; rehabilitated 1980
Design
Concrete stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 118.1 ft.
Total length: 160.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.68942, -75.74872   (decimal degrees)
39°41'22" N, 75°44'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/435800/4393554 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newark East
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
17,546
Inventory number
BH 78776 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 75.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (17,106)
Built 1947 (302)
Built during 1940s (4,266)
Concrete balustrade (892)
Concrete stringer (880)
Continuous (2,667)
Delaware (164)
Functionally obsolete (5,762)
 Have street view (29,868)
NR-eligible (4,124)
New Castle County, Delaware (113)
Newark, Delaware (3)
Open (41,201)
Owned by state (16,637)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,617)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,337)

Update Log 

  • October 14, 2017: Added by James Baughn
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Paper Mill Road Bridge
Posted November 15, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Sadly, a MOB is squashed up against this bridge now.

https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/cranes-hoist-new-bike-...