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Old Reading Pike Bridge West Pottsgrove Township, PA
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Old Reading Pike Bridge - August 10, 2008
Side view - Downstream
Photo taken by Raymond Klein
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Description
"A strong candidate for long-term preservation" according to Montgomery County's bridge inventory from 2008.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Yergers Creek on Old Reading Pike in West Pottsgrove Townshio, PA
- Location
- West Pottsgrove Township, PA), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1912; rehabilitated 1948
- Builder
- - Jonathan L. Halteman, contractor
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 15.1 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.
Deck width: 27.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.24399, -75.69369 (decimal degrees)
40°14'38" N, 75°41'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/494169/4430534 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Phoenixville, PA
- Inventory numbers
- PA 46 7046 0160 0243 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 27906 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31384 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 08/2009)
- Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.5 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 1977)
- 500
Update Log
- May 2, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and span #
- March 7, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein
- January 22, 2009: New photos from Raymond Klein
Sources
- Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com