Rating:
19598
{86}%
3 votes
US40 Patapsco River Bridge
Description
Bridge reconstructed 2014; replacement carries dual construction dates on parapet
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Patapsco River on US 40 in Woodlawn
- Location
- Ellicott City, Baltimore County, Maryland, and Howard County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1936; reconstructed using original arches 2014
- Design
- Open-spandrel deck arch
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 334.0 ft.
Deck width: 49.9 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.29500, -76.78000 (decimal degrees)
39°17'42" N, 76°46'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/346503/4351024 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ellicott City
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 37,530
- Inventory number
- BH 19598 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 3, 2018: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- May 29, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
- January 6, 2016: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Reconstructed in kind and reopened 2015
- October 29, 2013: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Updated status: Reconstruction possibly involves replacement
- September 15, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added cities
- April 11, 2011: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
Nearly all... but not all... of the original bridge material was replaced. Some columns and the arch ribs remain. See attached presentations.
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