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Hill to Hill Bridge Main Street Ramp

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in December 2017

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BH Photo #414290

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Connects Main Street to the Hill to Hill Bridge in Bethlehem, PA.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Monocacy Creek/ NSRR on Main Street Ramp
Location
Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1920
Builders
- Clarence W. Hudson of New York City, New York
- Rodgers & Hagerty, Inc. of New York City, New York
Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 659.2 ft.
Deck width: 44.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61837, -75.38394   (decimal degrees)
40°37'06" N, 75°23'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/467524/4496464 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Allentown East
Inventory number
BH 79699 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,101)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (24)
Built 1924 (744)
Built during 1920s (9,923)
Clarence W. Hudson (4)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,993)
Concrete balustrade (841)
Deck arch (11,340)
Have street view (26,947)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (108)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,919)
Northampton County, Pennsylvania (121)
Open (39,881)
Owned by city (5,402)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Railroad (15,421)
Rodgers & Hagerty, Inc. (3)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,222)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2017: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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