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Schuylkill River I-78 Bridge

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Schuylkill River on I-78 in Hamburg
Location
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1984
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 158.1 ft.
Total length: 1,801.9 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.55833, -75.99167   (decimal degrees)
40°33'30" N, 75°59'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/416044/4490202 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hamburg
Inventory numbers
PA 06 0078 0294 1171 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 30421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
16,104