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Swamp Creek Road Bridge

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Swamp Creek Road Bridge - June 7, 2009

Overview

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #141771

Map 

Street View 

Description 

National Reg. calls it Sutch Road Bridge "Sutch Rd. over Unami Creek"

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Unami Creek on Swamp Creek Road Marlborough Township, Pa 1 mi South Bucks County line near Whites Mill Road
Location
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910; rehabilitated ca. 1990
Builder
- George F.P. Wanger
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 24.9 ft.
Total length: 98.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Also called
Sutch Road Bridge in Marlborough Township
Marlborough Swamp Creek Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.36781, -75.42286   (decimal degrees)
40°22'04" N, 75°25'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/464099/4468667 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Perkiomenville
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
403
Inventory numbers
PA 46 1023 0050 0606 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 27556 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 88000859 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31401 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,098)
Built 1910 (1,158)
Built during 1910s (9,633)
Deck arch (11,337)
George F.P. Wanger (2)
Have street view (26,938)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (220)
 NR-listed (2,960)
Open (39,880)
Owned by state (15,983)
Pennsylvania (5,317)
Span length under 25 feet (6,893)
Stone arch (3,051)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)

Update Log 

  • March 17, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • March 6, 2014: Photos imported by Dave King
  • April 30, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and NR # and year, # of spans
  • June 24, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Correcected speeling of MarlboroughTownship
  • June 22, 2009: New photos from Raymond Klein

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Swamp Creek Road Bridge
Posted March 17, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks for posting this bridge on here.This is the only bridge I didn't fish around on the Unami.Basically we only fished for trout.Have to visit the Unami Creek later this year and check this bridge out while fishing being that I am from the area where this creek is.