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Byram Road Bridge

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Point Pleasant Pike Bridge -- August 8, 2009

Overview looking towards the Delaware River

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #151459

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pin-connected Pratt Pony truss bridge over Pennsylvania Canal on Byram Road, PointPleasant (Plumstead Twp) PA.
Location
Point Pleasant, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1877; rehabilitated 1995
Builder
- Murray, Dougal & Co. of Milton, Pennsylvania
Design
pin-connected Pratt Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 86.9 ft.
Total length: 88.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.42366, -75.06524   (decimal degrees)
40°25'25" N, 75°03'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/494465/4474783 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lumberville
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
73
Inventory numbers
PA 09 1006 0290 0033 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 800000814 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 07118 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30546 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 52 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,566)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (259)
Built 1877 (98)
Built during 1870s (1,110)
Have street view (26,947)
Murray, Dougal & Co. (3)
NR-listed (2,960)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
Open (39,882)
Owned by state (15,986)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
 Pin-connected (3,901)
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania (6)
Pony truss (16,184)
Pratt pony truss (3,637)
Pratt truss (9,297)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,428)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)
Truss (32,784)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • October 4, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • March 4, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • March 2, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • January 2, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Changed type from Pony Truss toPin-Connected Pratt Pony Truss. Info from Historic Bridge.org
  • November 16, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Pt. Pleasant to Name & Overview-National Register 1988-Murray Douugal Milton PA 1877 builder- Doylestown, PA to USGS

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Byram Road Bridge
Posted October 4, 2020, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Never mind. It is.

Byram Road Bridge
Posted October 4, 2020, by Art S. (Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Chris,

I split out Susan's Delaware River bridge image and added it to a newly created entry. I also split out and uploaded Susan's picture of Byram Bridge and uploaded it. Anyone know which bridge is shown in the third image? It may be Byram Bridge but I'm not yet certain.

Regards,

Art S.

Point Pleasant Pk. Bridge Point Pleasant, PA
Posted April 14, 2014, by Chris Ness (cness [at] earthlink [dot] net)

The picture label "Mrs. Brady" was not taken on this bridge. It was taken on the Point Pleasant, PA-Point Pleasant, NJ bridge. That bridge does not have a listing that I have found on this site. It was a truss bridge that was washed away in the flood of 1955, and not replaced.

Point Pleasant Pk. Bridge Point Pleasant, PA
Posted November 8, 2012, by susan mingacci (mamagacci [at] comcast [dot] net)

I just found a picture of my grandmother standing on this bridge from around 1930,