Chandler Mill Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Photo taken by smallerbones March 4, 2010

License: Public domain: Released by author

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Facts

Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over West Branch Red Clay Creek on Chandler Mill Road
Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status: Intact but closed to all traffic
Future prospects: A large group is trying save this bridge from demolition.
History: Built 1910
Builders: - George Dole of Wilmington, Delaware (Contractor)
- Nathan R. Rambo (County Engineer)
Design: Single span through plate girder seated on stone abutments.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 44.0 ft.
Total length: 46.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 2010
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.81148, -75.71334 (decimal degrees)
39°48'41" N, 75°42'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/438941/4407077 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Kennett Square
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 849
Inventory numbers: NRHP 09001213 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PA 15 7015 0408 0236 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 10681 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 43907 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2015): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 17.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

January 22, 2015: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
April 4, 2014: Updated by Frank Danberg: Bridge was closed to traffic in approximately 2012; status of rebuilding is not know.
March 2, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King
January 8, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builders
January 18, 2010: Added by Nathan Holth

Sources

Nathan Holth
Chandler Mill Bridge gets spot on National Register of Historic Places - Kennett Paper, Jan. 14, 2010
Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Frank Danberg
Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net

Comments

Chandler Mill Bridge

Posted May 18, 2016, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

We increased the "masters" on the team for this project's proposal. Mimh Enterprises (also from Michigan who worked with Nels on the st. Joe lighthouse) is an EPA certified lead paint abatement and painting firm who has worked with PPX system of coatings and likes to travel, did their part for the Scope and Estimate. Andrew DeGruchy, Master Mason, of Lime Works US, gave us a bid for the repair and re pointing for the bridge, as well. With this team, we were able to bid both the repair to 8-10 tons using in-kind restoration techniques and a plan that would have upped the loading but changed the engineering.

We look forward to hearing from Kennett Township.

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Chandler Mill Bridge

Posted April 26, 2016, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Workin' Bridges has entered into a contract with Kennett Township for our views on the restoration of Chandler Mill Bridge. On a site visit last week when the team (Nels, Julie, Jim and Dy) was just over the border in Yorklyn, Delaware for the announcement of historic bridge use, the crew met with Gwen Lacy and her team from The Land Conservancy of Southern Chester County and Kennett Township supervisor. This is in an effort to continue the use of historic bridges up Red Clay Creek. We will be providing our Scope and Estimate to the Township in a few days for this small bridge restoration to pedestrian usage with emergency vehicular potential.