Rating:
30673
{63}%
4 votes
Linfield Bridge
Photos
Linfield Bridge - August 2006
Side View from Chester County Side
Photo taken by Raymond Klein
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BH Photo #132976
Description
FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY:
The 3 span, 371'-long Warren pony truss bridge with polygonal top chord is composed of riveted built-up sections for the chords and rolled beams for the diagonals. The bridge built in 1932 is supported on concrete abutments and ashlar piers with concrete caps. A sidewalk with metal lattice railings is cantilevered off of one side. The rolled floorbeams and stringers support a concrete-filled steel deck placed in 1970. The bridge is a late and undistinguished example of a bridge type and design that has been in common use since the late-19th-century. It was built as a replacement bridge by the state highway department at a crossing that has been in service since the early 19th century when there was a covered bridge. In standard fashion, the state highway department used the well-established riveted truss bridge technology, and repaired and reused the piers of a previous bridge. The bridge has no noteworthy details or features. It is not historically or technologically distinguished by its setting or context.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Schuylkill River on Linfield Rd. (Main St.)
- Location
- Linfield, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932; rehabilitated 1970
- Design
- Three-span polygonal Warren pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 371.1 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.20523, -75.58080 (decimal degrees)
40°12'19" N, 75°34'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/450571/4450697 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Phoenixville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 6,678
- Inventory numbers
- PA 15 1035 0050 2167 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 10361 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30673 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of December 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.2 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- August 9, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- May 5, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description & corrected rehab year
- February 4, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added town of Linfield and two photos.
Sources
- Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
Thanks Bruce for the update.Pardon my spelling on a previous message i put here.Have you seen this bridge since it's been rehabbed?