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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BH Photo #179523

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Girder bridge over East Br.Brandywine Creek on Downingtown Pike

Location

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

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)

Quadrangle map:

Unionville

Average daily traffic (as of 2017)

15,144

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 report (as of August 2018)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 39 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• December 23, 2013: New Street View added by Patrick S. O'Donnell
• December 22, 2013: New Street View added by Patrick S. O'Donnell
• 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
• Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net

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