Berne Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Schuylkill River on TR 952 (Fisher Dam Road) near Bern (Tilden Twp)
- Location
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge (scrapped)
- Future prospects
- Was available for relocation and reuse. Demolished May 2014.
- History
- Built 1896; rehabilitated 1959; Demolished 2014
- Builder
- - Pittsburgh Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 204.1 ft.
Total length: 206.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
- Also called
- Berne Station Bridge (Per builders plate on bridge)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.52222, -75.99786 (decimal degrees)
40°31'20" N, 75°59'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/415474/4486199 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hamburg
- Inventory numbers
- PA 06 7230 0952 9611 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 05428 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30387 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1993)
- 884
Update Log
- May 16, 2014: Updated by Jodi Christman: Updated status
- June 10, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
- June 10, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated planned demolition date.
- November 28, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated planned demolition date.
- November 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge is available for reuse.
- September 17, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
- August 26, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added Berne Station Bridge as Alternate name per builders plate on bridge.
- August 24, 2009: New photo from Raymond Klein
Sources
- Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Luke
Comments
Thanks art.I thought the bridge might have been saved for re-use,not scrapped.
Thanks art.I thought the bridge might have been saved for re-use,not scrapped.
Scrapped
Does anybody know what happened with this bridge?The reading eagle just said what I read in the paper and now I see disassembly photos?Let me know.Thanks.
Images from disassembly:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44458147@N00/13950636088/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44458147@N00/14133931071/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44458147@N00/14137270235/in/ph...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44458147@N00/13950636998/in/ph...
as per an article printed in the reading eagle 5-12-15 the new bridge was opened for traffic.unfortunately Robert it is an ugly concrete span like I said a while ago.
thanks robert for the response.as of the present i do not know what this bridge will be replaced with either concrete or steel.if i was a betting man i would probably say concrete.if i do hear or know of anything in the future i will let you know.it is a shame this bridge is gone from what i have seen in the paper.
Thanks for letting us know. Sad news, but at least we can update the website.
being that I live near this bridge and read the reading eagle newspaper I hate to tell everyone that the berne bridge as of this date is no more.i did see a picture in the local newspaper which showed only the structure.in other words kiss this bridge goodbye forever.
I guess no one that was in a position to take it wanted it:
http://readingeagle.com/news/article/replacement-work-starti...
Demolition in progress.
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