Bingaman Street Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Open-spandrel arch bridge over Schuylkill River on PA 2005 in Reading
- Location
- Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1920; rehabilitated ca. 1970
- Builders
- - Sanders, C.F. (Designer)
- Whittaker & Diehl of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 1,476.1 ft.
Deck width: 44.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.32500, -75.93333 (decimal degrees)
40°19'30" N, 75°55'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/420709/4464247 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Reading
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 8,835
- Inventory numbers
- PA 06 2005 0010 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 30388 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2008)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 11, 2022: New photo from Dave King
- November 18, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- September 16, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
- December 27, 2016: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- August 2, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
Sources
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
As per an article printed in the Reading Eagle on 11/10/17 a ceremony was held and a plaque unveiled designating this bridge as the name of the military unit i mentioned in the last post.I might have erred saying the bridge will be renamed which is untrue.This bridge still retains its name but is designated honoring the military unit I mentioned in the last post.
As per an article printed in the Reading Eagle on 11/3/17 a ceremony will be held next week to rename this bridge the 65th U.S.Infantry Regiment"The Borinqueneers"Memorial Bridge.This is to honor the all Latino unit that served in both world wars and the Korean War.As far as I'm concerned I see no problem with this that my family members served honorably and these guys deserve recognition.
as of an article printed in the reading eagle 3-19-15 work has been completed on this bridge which consisted of steel bracing.
according to the reading eagle dated 11-30-14 materials have been ordered to reinforce the spans concrete beams with steel bracing.work is expected to be finished by christmas.penndot is planning and budgeting a large rehabilitation on this bridge.any more information on this bridge i do receive will be put on this site.
this bridge is currently under repair from deterioration.open but with lane restrictions.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/berks/62005001000000/
I read in yesterdays local paper that rehabilitation of this bridge is not in the county's transportation plan due to PennDOT funding cuts.