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Main Street Bridge Schwenksville, PA

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Main Street Bridge - June 14, 2009

Side view from Creek Bed

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Description 

PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE INVENTORY & EVALUATION notes: TYPE : CLOSED SPANDREL ARCH MATERIAL : STONE #SPANS : 1 LENGTH : 26 (7.9 m) WIDTH : 50 (15.2 m) YR BUILT : 1880CA ALTERATION : 1910CA, 1928 SOURCE : PLAQUE (1928) DESIGNER/BUILDER : WARREN F. CRESSMAN / JOHN F. KEELOR (1928) CURRENT NATIONAL REGISTER INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY : Not Eligible CURRENT NATIONAL REGISTER CONTRIBUTING STATUS : Within the Schwenksville Historic District, but not a contributing element to it

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Overview
Bridge over Mine Run on Main Street in Schwenksville, PA
Location
Schwenksville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1880CA, Altered 1910CA,1928
Builders
- John F. Keller, Contractor (1928)
- Warren F. Cressman
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 25.9 ft.
Total length: 27.9 ft.
Deck width: 35.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.17167, -75.49167   (decimal degrees)
40°10'18" N, 75°29'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/458136/4446926 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Quakertown, PA
Inventory numbers
PA 46 0029 0230 3461 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 42821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/1991)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 49.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
12,008

Categories 

Built 1928 (805)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
John F. Keller, Contractor (1)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (159)
Open (28,306)
Owned by state (9,807)
 Pennsylvania (3,037)
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania (3)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,049)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,628)
Warren F. Cressman (2)

Update Log 

  • April 29, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description and other details
  • June 21, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added Johyn F. Kellor Contractor Schwenksville, Pa per plaque on birdge to builders category
  • June 20, 2009: Added by Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • PA Projec tKeystone - Project to evaluate Stone Arch Bridge is Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, Montomgery and Bucks County, PA.
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com

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