Rating:
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Riegelsville Bridge
Photos
Riegelsville Bridge - September 19, 2009
Overview from Pennsylvania side
Photo taken by Raymond Klein
BH Photo #146671
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over Delaware River on a spur off PA 611 in Riegelsville crossses over to Milford, NJ to NJ Rt. 519
- Location
- Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Warren County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1904; rehabilitated 1984 and 2010-11
- Builders
- - Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
- John A. Roebling's Sons Co. of Roebling, New Jersey
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 582.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.6 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.59443, -75.19037 (decimal degrees)
40°35'40" N, 75°11'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/484063/4493631 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Riegelsville
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 11,434
- Inventory numbers
- PA 09 7417 9991 0005 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 07695 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30552 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2008)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- December 21, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 22, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 18, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- August 1, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- April 3, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- February 5, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- March 22, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Painted green"
- August 26, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- July 11, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
- August 24, 2012: New photos from Andrew Pearce
- January 3, 2010: New photos from Raymond Klein
- September 26, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added two photos. Riegelsville, to name. riegelsville, PA & Milfordd, NJ to City. Overivew: added crosses over to Milford, NJ & NJ Rt. 519. USGS Riegelsville to Easton, P A. 1904 added to Builder.
- May 23, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee
Sources
- Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Riegelsville Bridge
For a "structurally deficient" bridge, this old suspension bridge can sure handle the weather. Follow the link for a pic of the bridge when the river was in flood 33 feet high -
The traffic ratings are probably higher than listed. I went in the early afternoon on a weekday, and there was a car or light truck every 45 seconds. In the hour I spent on the bridge it was rare when there weren't 2 vehicles on it, and it was almost never empty for more than 30 seconds. So it's getting a fair amount of use, even out here in really rural Riegelsville.
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I just posted the latest NBI data for this bridge. It's no longer considered structurally deficient, but the superstructure is rated "poor."