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South Branch French Creek Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over South Branch of French Creek on Valley Way (TR 407)
Location
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 24.9 ft.
Total length: 30.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.14852, -75.73860   (decimal degrees)
40°08'55" N, 75°44'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/437089/4444503 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pottstown
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
123
Inventory numbers
PA 15 7015 0407 0246 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 10680 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 54 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,099)
Built 1913 (858)
Built during 1910s (9,632)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (158)
Deck arch (11,338)
Open (39,882)
 Owned by county (20,784)
Pennsylvania (5,317)
Span length under 25 feet (6,893)
Stone arch (3,051)
Structurally deficient (14,205)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,192)

Update Log 

  • August 2, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
  • March 6, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: corrected gps coordinates

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net

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