Downingtown Pike Bridge

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Downington Pike Bridge -- August 18, 2010

Overview looking South towards West Chester -- Abandoned PRR freight line (Morrisville-Thorndale) bridge runs above it

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview

Girder bridge over East Br.Brandywine Creek on Downingtown Pike

Location

West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1929

Design

Pony plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 68.9 ft.
Total length: 140.1 ft.
Deck width: 23.3 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.96833, -75.67361   (decimal degrees)
39°58'06" N, 75°40'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/442473/4424459 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

West Chester, PA

Inventory numbers

PA 15 0322 0440 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 10199 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 46338 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 08/2008)

Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 54.7 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2008)

15,381

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Update Log 

• January 9, 2011: New Street View added by Daniel Hopkins
• January 6, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Corrected name
• September 26, 2010: Added by Raymond Klein

Sources 

• Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net

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