Main Street Bridge
Photos
Main Street Bridge -- August 21, 2009
Overview of Main Street Looking North
Photo taken by Raymond Klein
BH Photo #145652
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over railroad tracks on Main Street in Sellersville
- Location
- Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Slated for demolition and replacement.
- History
- Built 1927
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroad
- - Reading Railroad (RDG)
- Design
- Howe pony truss
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 134.8 ft.
Total length: 137.1 ft.
Deck width: 30.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.36167, -75.31167 (decimal degrees)
40°21'42" N, 75°18'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/473537/4467946 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Telford
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 8,058
- Inventory numbers
- PA 09 4013 0110 1126 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 07383 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30534 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2016)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 14, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builter.
- July 15, 2013: Updated by Dave King: Added builder
- July 13, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
- June 22, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
- August 24, 2009: New photos from Raymond Klein
Sources
- Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
PennDOT and Historically Significant...
Now there's two things I never expected to hear in the same sentence...
This bridge is looking to be rehabilitated. Here's from an article from last year:
The other bridge to be updated along Main Street crosses over SEPTA tracks. The 1927 truss bridge is 137 feet long and was built by the Reading Railroad Co. It is both structurally deficient and functionally obsolete, posted with a 15-ton weight restriction.
“That doesn’t mean it’s unsafe, but it’s in need of attention,” said Gene Blaum, a PennDOT spokesman. “That’s the purpose of the project.”
PennDOT has determined the bridge is historically significant and contributes to Sellersville’s historic district, Fellin said.
Because of this, the department first must look at whether the bridge can be rehabilitated and get input from the public before proceeding, he added.
“If it can’t be rehabbed, we will be replacing it with something aesthetically pleasing,” Fellin said.
PennDOT expects to know whether the bridge over the railroad will be rehabilitated or replaced next year. Actual construction on the bridge wouldn’t begin until 2017 or after.
http://m.phillyburbs.com/my_town/pennridge/penndot-working-o...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/bucks/94013011011260/
All that article is saying is PennDOT will conduct Section 106 which will consider rehabilitation, but also replacement. We all know what the usual outcome of Section 106 in Pennsylvania, and its NOT rehabilitation.