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Landenberg Road Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Landenberg Rd Bridge-- closed condition

What's visible of Landenberg Rd. Bridge showing overgrowth-- shot from the east side of bridge looking west

Photo taken by Frank Danberg in August 2008

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over East Branch White Clay Creek on Landenberg Road
Location
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to all traffic
History
Built 1899 by the Schuylkill Bridge Co.
Builder
- Schuylkill Bridge Co.
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.77802, -75.77125   (decimal degrees)
39°46'41" N, 75°46'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/433953/4403404 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
West Grove
Inventory numbers
PA 15 3024 0050 0149 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 88000804 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 45656 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30668 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
723

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
Built 1899 (169)
Built during 1890s (1,555)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (113)
NR-listed (2,353)
Open (28,302)
Owned by state (9,806)
Pennsylvania (3,037)
 Pony truss (13,215)
Pratt pony truss (2,341)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Schuylkill Bridge Co. (1)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,794)
Truss (23,562)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2009: New photos from Frank Danberg

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Landenberg Road Bridge
Posted September 2, 2011, by Rush Wickes (theroadfan [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The Landenberg Road bridge reopened to traffic in May, 2010. The original trusses were preserved for ornamental purposes.

Landenberg Road Bridge
Posted June 18, 2010, by D. Clement (wraith6988 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was closed by the state in 1999. Been closed FAR too long.

Landenberg Road Bridge
Posted February 23, 2009, by Frank Danberg

This bridge is currently in design and will be replaced. Construction should begin in 2009 or 2010. The old truss frame will be incorporated into the new bridge and used in an ornamental fashion to provide a similar visual look. The photos are from summer 2008, obviously before construction. This bridge has been closed for at least 4 years. There was so much overgrowth that it was difficult to take a photo showing the structure (apologies for that).