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Lincoln Highway East Branch Brandywine Creek Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

PA-592-20

Overview

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #122110

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over East Branch Brandywine Creek on Lincoln Highway in Downingtown
Location
Downington, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1921
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 38.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.00667, -75.70500   (decimal degrees)
40°00'24" N, 75°42'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/439826/4428735 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Downingtown
Inventory numbers
PA 15 0322 0340 0252 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 30672 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,105)
Built 1921 (569)
Built during 1920s (9,927)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (158)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,995)
Deck arch (11,343)
Downington, Pennsylvania (2)
 Lincoln Highway (139)
Open (39,899)
Owned by state (16,002)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,674)
Structurally deficient (14,183)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,922)

Update Log 

  • October 6, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
  • September 30, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added 3 photos. downingtown to added to name.Downingtown.. Changed USGS Downingtown totWest Chester & Phoenixville, PA .
  • August 20, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • HAER PA-592 - Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net

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