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Knox Covered Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania
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General Knox Covered Bridge

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Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Description 

Named after Philander C. Knox (1855-1921) United States Senator from Pennsylvania who owned 256 acres of land near the bridge and General Henry Knox (1750-1806) an officer quartered at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778.

Robert Russell built the bridge for $1,170 (SOURCE: Pennsylvania's Historic Bridges by Fred J. Moll, Arcadia Publishing)

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Valley Creek on Yellow Springs Road in Valley Forge, PA
Location
Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1865; rehabilitated 1960
Builder
- Robert Russell
Design
Steel stringer/Burr Arch Covered Bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 9.8 ft.
Also called
Valley Forge Park Bridge
Valley Forge Dam Bridge
General Knox Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.08727, -75.45642   (decimal degrees)
40°05'14" N, 75°27'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/461089/4437542 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Norristown, PA
Inventory numbers
PA 15 1016 0100 2178 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 42361 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/1990)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 38.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
1,659

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1865 (21)
Built during 1860s (217)
Burr arch-truss (226)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (113)
Covered (925)
Open (28,315)
Owned by state (9,809)
 Pennsylvania (3,038)
Robert Russell (2)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,055)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,574)
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (2)

Update Log 

  • August 7, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Corrected/added names, builder, other details
  • July 21, 2011: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • February 28, 2011: New photos from Rose
  • April 18, 2009: Added by Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Rose
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
  • Covered Bridges of Southern Region of PA - Region includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, & Philadelphia Counties

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