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Delaware Road Bridge

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Delaware Road -- April 4, 2010

Overview looking East towards Delaware River

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #164403

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Overview
Girder bridge over Delaware Canal on Delaware Road in Riegelsville
Location
Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 2014; beam bridge with decorative trusses
History
Built 1920
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.9 ft.
Total length: 54.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.59457, -75.19264   (decimal degrees)
40°35'40" N, 75°11'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/483699/4493770 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Riegelsville
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
3,277
Inventory numbers
PA 09 1016 0010 0561 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 07146 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 45186 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2013)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 27.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bucks County, Pennsylvania (259)
Built 1920 (1,016)
Built during 1920s (9,956)
Girder (10,299)
Have street view (27,066)
Lost (24,974)
Lost 2014 (360)
Lost during 2010s (3,298)
 Owned by state (16,047)
Pennsylvania (5,334)
Plate girder (7,983)
Replaced by new bridge (16,769)
Riegelsville, Pennsylvania (3)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
Through girder (3,842)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)

Update Log 

  • July 11, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
  • December 13, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Corrected GPS coordinates
  • May 7, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added Riegelsville, PA to Name-City & Overview. Easton, PA added to USGS

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Delaware Road Riegelsville, PA
Posted August 7, 2013, by Ellen Chwastyk (davel1977 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This canal bridge is due to close for either repair or replacement on August 6th, 2013. A temporary span was installed coming straight off of the bridge crossing the river to carry traffic from N.J. into Riegelsville, PA