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Valley Forge Road Bridge

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Valley Forge Road Bridge July 15, 2007

Side view from Creekbed

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Valley Creek on PA 23 (Valley Forge Road)
Location
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 66.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.10012, -75.46258   (decimal degrees)
40°06'00" N, 75°27'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/460507/4438959 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Norristown, PA
Inventory numbers
PA 46 0023 0010 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 27137 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31408 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2010)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 70.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
19,434

Update Log 

  • August 13, 2011: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • February 27, 2009: New photo from Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com