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Goshen Road Bridge

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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FROM PA BRIDGE DATA: The 3-span, 84'-long stone arch bridge was surveyed as part of the 1982 historic bridge survey and is listed in the National Register. The bridge was built in 1905 by J. A. Morris and designed by noted architect Theophilus P. Chandler. The rusticated stone arch bridge consists of one longer center span flanked by two shorter spans. The buttressed center-span piers are capped by circular-plan pedestrian refuges. An approximately 30'-long section of stone parapet at the northwest wingwall has been lost and replaced by a horizontally scored concrete parapet. The pedestrian refuge at the center span's southwest corner has been removed (ca. 1990)

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Darby Creek on Goshen Road in Radnor Township
Location
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905; rehabilitated ca. 1990
Builders
- J. A. Morris (Builder)
- Theophilus P. Chandler (Architect)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.00333, -75.37167   (decimal degrees)
40°00'12" N, 75°22'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/468276/4428193 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Norristown
Inventory numbers
PA 23 1034 0060 3474 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 15204 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 88000791 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30862 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2008)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
7,097

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Deck arch (8,700)
Delaware County, Pennsylvania (50)
Have street view (9,894)
J. A. Morris (1)
NR-listed (2,354)
Open (28,313)
 Owned by state (9,808)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,054)
Stone arch (1,927)
Structurally deficient (16,679)
Theophilus P. Chandler (1)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)

Update Log 

  • May 19, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and description

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com

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