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Township Line Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Relocated pony truss bridge over Monocacy Creek on TR 434 (Twp Line Road)
- Location
- Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Relocated to Sand Island Park in Bethlehem, PA in 1991 Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built ca. 1870; relocated in 1991
- Builder
- - Beckel Iron Foundry and Machine Shop of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Cast Iron Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
- Also called
- Sand Island Park Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.66991, -75.36368 (decimal degrees)
40°40'12" N, 75°21'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/469262/4502178 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Nazareth
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 500
- Inventory numbers
- PA 48 7301 0434 9098 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 28911 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 41697 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 94.2 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- December 31, 2018: New photos from Chester Gehman
- May 28, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- April 13, 2016: Updated by Art Suckewer: added build date
Related Bridges
- Sand Island Park Bridge (Parts reused in)
Sources
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Township Line Road Bridge
Art,can you tell me where exactly this park is because i am from Quakertown originally and have never heard of sand island park?
Township Line Road Bridge
Article from 1991 about bridge's rescue:
http://articles.mcall.com/1991-01-02/news/2791694_1_historic...
Township Line Road Bridge
This bridge was made in the 1870s not the 1930s! It is cast iron! It still exists - moved to a park in 1991!
It's not everyday that you find a cast iron bridge that still exists!
Unless, of course, I just couldn't find it on the site.
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Ignore that question Art about this bridge.Just saw it on the forum page.