Hill to Hill Bridge

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Hill to Hill Bridge

Photo taken by Adam Elmquist

BH Photo #264950

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Lehigh River, etc., on PA 378 in Bethlehem
Location: Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1924; rehabilitated 1990
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 170.9 ft.
Total length: 1,607.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.61667, -75.38500 (decimal degrees)
40°37'00" N, 75°23'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/467434/4496276 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Allentown East
Inventory numbers: PA 39 0378 0074 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 23182 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31186 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2009): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 63.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 16,129