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Gay Street Bridge
Photos
View Looking South Along North Approach To Gay Street Bridge
Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #314357
Description
After its construction in 1926, the 12-span, reinforced concrete bridge was the longest such structure in Chester County. It is significant for the variety of span types and construction methods used to cross French Creek valley, several railroads, and buildings owned by the Phoenix Iron Company.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Lost open-spandrel concrete arch bridge over French Creek on Gay Street
- Location
- Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1926; Replaced 2009
- Builder
- - Hoover-Ryan Co. of Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Open-spandrel concrete arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.13523, -75.51861 (decimal degrees)
40°08'07" N, 75°31'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/455818/4442895 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Phoenixville
- Inventory number
- BH 44335 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 23, 2015: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- March 6, 2010: Added by Joshua Collins
Sources
- Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
- HAER PA-492 - Gay Street Bridge, Spanning French Creek at Gay Street (State Route 113), Phoenixville, Chester County, PA