Copes Bridge

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File:CopesBridgePanorama.jpg

Photo taken by Flababo

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #276850

Overview: Stone arch bridge over East Branch Brandywine Creek on Strasburg Road
Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1807; rehabilitated 1927
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 65.9 ft.
Total length: 151.9 ft.
Deck width: 21.7 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1985
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.95833, -75.65500 (decimal degrees)
39°57'30" N, 75°39'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/444055/4423337 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Unionville
Inventory numbers: PA 15 0162 0170 0194 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 10086 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 85000465 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30650 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2009): Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 5.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 9,263

March 2, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP info, street view & imported photos
March 14, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge is NRHP Listed

Copes Bridge

Posted March 14, 2012, by Mary Sue Boyle (msboyleandco [at] gmail [dot] com)

Rehabilitated 2011, National Register Independently listed, also in Taylor Cope National Register Historic District.