Schuylkill River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Schuylkill River on Sr 4025(Lr 06174)
- Location
- Shoemakersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1940
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 61.0 ft.
Total length: 253.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.49528, -75.97167 (decimal degrees)
40°29'43" N, 75°58'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/417660/4483184 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Temple
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 1,269
- Inventory numbers
- PA 06 4025 0040 2466 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 05266 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 46195 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of August 2016)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 3, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- September 17, 2010: Added by Jodi Christman
Sources
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
Comments
Dana and Kay,my mistake.I had this bridge confused with a truss bridge that is in the area that is still either in use or also removed.Thanks for clearing this up.
George don't see truss bridge from article today
just read in the Reading Eagle today that beginning August 6th this bridge will be closed for replacement until December 2019.This bridge which was originally 25 feet wide and 253 feet long will be replaced with a precast concrete beam span that will be 34 feet wide and 268 feet long.Preliminary work began in February with intermittent lane closures.The $3.7 million project includes drainage,curb and sidewalk repair and accessibility ramps.This project was originally slated to be completed in August 2019.Removal of a UGI gas line from the bridge was held up by a permit needed from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to bore under the Schuylkill River to place the new pipeline.Daily average traffic volume is 1,270 vehicles.Detours will be in effect while the bridge is being replaced.
Just read in today's Reading Eagle that this bridge which is structurally deficient will be demolished and replaced with a 24-foot-wide,253-foot-long span.The $3.7 million project includes drainage,curb and sidewalk repair and ADA ramps.Work is expected to begin in late April with completion in August 2019.Detours will be posted and in effect during construction.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/berks/bh46195/
I read in yesterdays local paper that a 34-foot wide,268-foot-long precast concrete bridge was opened on Wednesday at 3 p.m..This wider and longer span replaced a 78-year-old steel bridge that was closed Aug.6,2018.Traffic over the bridge had been about 1,270 vehicles a day,according to PennDOT.The nearly $3.7-million project included drainage,curb and sidewalk repair.Several structures in Shoemakersville needed to be demolished for the project to start.Work was completed a week early on this bridge.