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Rittenhouse Road Bridge

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Rittenhouse Road Bridge

Side view from Forty Foot Road

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Skippack Creek on Rittenhouse Road in Towamencin Township w/ PA. Rt. 63, Mainland, PA
Location
Towamencin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1908
Builders
- James M. Smith
- John H. Dager
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 104.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.24811, -75.35944   (decimal degrees)
40°14'53" N, 75°21'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/496729/4430347 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Norristown
Inventory numbers
PA 46 7046 0150 0224 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 27903 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31393 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2008)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 41.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1977)
250

Categories 

Arch (9,420)
Built 1908 (421)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Deck arch (8,703)
James M. Smith (7)
John H. Dager (3)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (159)
Open (28,318)
 Owned by county (16,492)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,056)
Stone arch (1,927)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,634)
Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania (3)

Update Log 

  • May 2, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builders
  • January 21, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: added space in Overview between Towamenccia and Township (typing error)

Sources 

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

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