Lynn Avenue Bridge

Photos

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #314284

Overview: Through truss bridge over Conrail yard on Lynn Avenue in Bethlehem
Location: Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Status: Closed July 2015; Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1928
Builder: - Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Railroads: - Conrail (CR)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 205.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.61090, -75.34946 (decimal degrees)
40°36'39" N, 75°20'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/470437/4495622 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Hellertown
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 1,930
Inventory numbers: PA 48 7301 0000 0003 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 28901 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31452 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2013): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 13.2 (out of 100)
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HAER PA-425 - Lynn Avenue Bridge, Spanning Conrail & Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroads at Lynn Avenue, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA
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Lynn Avenue Bridge

Posted December 25, 2015, by george oakley (georgeoakleey49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Nathan,do you know when this bridge was closed?I was in the area and it was open when I saw it.

Lynn Avenue Bridge

Posted December 24, 2015, by Nathan Williams (NMWilliams2010 [at] Gmail [dot] com)

This bridge it's listed as "open to traffic". That is incorrect. Bridge is closed indefinitely