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Hanover Street Bascule Bridge

Baltimore, Maryland
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Hanover Street Bridge

Hanover Street Bridge, looking northwest from water southeast of bridge June 16, 2012

Photo taken by Shawn Seidel, used with permission

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Overview
Bascule bridge over Middle Branch of Patapsco River on Hanover Street in Baltimore
Location
Baltimore, Maryland
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916; rehabilitated 1992
Design
Deck truss double-leaf bascule bridge with concrete cantilever open spandrel deck arch approach spans.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 229.0 ft.
Total length: 2,023.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.25810, -76.61611   (decimal degrees)
39°15'29" N, 76°36'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/360564/4346663 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Baltimore East
Inventory number
BH 19574 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2012)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 76.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
14,220

Categories 

Arch (9,440)
Baltimore, Maryland (48)
Bascule (560)
Built 1916 (468)
Built during 1910s (6,760)
Deck arch (8,724)
Deck truss (961)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Have street view (10,035)
Maryland (428)
 Movable (1,360)
NR-eligible (3,750)
Navigable waterway (1,453)
Open (28,454)
Open-spandrel arch (583)
Owned by city (3,089)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,489)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,223)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • July 15, 2012: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Recommend consolidation with duplicate listing for this bridge
  • June 17, 2012: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • February 13, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Location on map and street view
  • February 10, 2012: Added by Charles Flaherty
  • January 10, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added design details.
  • August 3, 2011: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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Hanover Street Bridge
Posted February 13, 2012, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

I'm not familiar enough with the area to say, but this looks like a harbor rather than a river. It's a nice looking bridge in an under-documented area.

Hanover Street Bascule Bridge
Posted August 3, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

A paper from 1934 discusses the construction of this bridge and includes historical photos.

http://www.archive.org/details/TheHistoryAndConstructionOfTheHanoverStreetBridgeInBaltimore