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Circa 1916

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Little Lehigh Creek on 8th Street in Allentown
Location: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1913, rehabilitated 1973
Design: Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 134.8 ft.
Total length: 1,959.1 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Also called: Eighth Street Bridge (original name)
Eighth Street Bridge (original name)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.59640, -75.47109 (decimal degrees)
40°35'47" N, 75°28'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/460139/4494061 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Allentown East
Inventory numbers: PA 39 2055 0020 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 88000870 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 23331 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31179 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2008): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 48.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 14,858