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Moselem Springs Bridge
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Moselem Springs Bridge
Photo taken by Ken Martin
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
BH Photo #455504
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt pony truss bridge over Moselem Creek on Eagle Road
- Location
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1905; rehabilitated 1975
- Design
- 4-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.49979, -75.84971 (decimal degrees)
40°29'59" N, 75°50'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/428000/4483577 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fleetwood
- Inventory numbers
- PA 06 7232 0607 9632 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 05441 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30406 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 10, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type and fixed stuff
- August 31, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 18, 2018: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Set Pin
Sources
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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I just saw on the map that the Moselem Creek flows under both of these bridges which can confuse people about the article about the bridge on Rte. 143 getting replaced.This bridge is not getting replaced.