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

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