Chestnut Street Bridge

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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
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 (as of 06/2009): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1980): 2,000