Harrison Avenue Bridge

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Oblique Perspective, Looking Nw From Eastern Embankment.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Open-spandrel arch bridge over Roaring River on PA 6011 (Harrison Avenue) in Scranton
Location: Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic with a 15 ton weight limit
Future prospects: Slated for demolition and replacement. Section 106 completed.
History: Built 1921-22
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 202.1 ft.
Total length: 392.1 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.39972, -75.65194 (decimal degrees)
41°23'59" N, 75°39'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/445502/4583336 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Scranton
Inventory numbers: PA 35 6011 0190 0452 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 88000767 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 20843 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31059 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2009): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 15,424

January 5, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge's doom is sealed with the completion of a Memorandum of Agreement.
July 15, 2010: New photos from Nathan Holth
January 11, 2009: Updated by Ian Anderson: Updated w/ weight limit

Ian Anderson - macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com
PennDOT District 4 - Restriction for Harrison Ave. Bridge
HAER PA-498 - Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Nathan Holth
Wikipedia
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler