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Chestnut Street Bridge

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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Overview
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Lehigh River on Chestnut Street in Coplay
Location
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for demolition and replacement. Prelim demo in Summer 2017.
History
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1958
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 213.9 ft.
Total length: 1,124.1 ft.
Deck width: 23.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.67603, -75.48967   (decimal degrees)
40°40'34" N, 75°29'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/458588/4502795 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Catasauqua
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
3,000
Inventory numbers
PA 39 7404 0000 9002 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 23530 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31182 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 13.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (11,312)
Built 1930 (1,594)
Built during 1930s (10,774)
Deck arch (10,562)
Deck girder (4,779)
Doomed (1,040)
Girder (8,560)
Have street view (23,769)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (97)
NR-eligible (3,979)
Northampton County, Pennsylvania (106)
Open (37,194)
 Open-spandrel arch (694)
Parker through truss (1,194)
Parker truss (1,552)
Pennsylvania (4,543)
Plate girder (6,568)
Skewed (4,777)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,838)
Structurally deficient (18,020)
Through truss (13,184)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,706)
Truss (29,885)

Update Log 

  • October 25, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: added approaches
  • January 1, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • December 12, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • July 25, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added Lehigh River category

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