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Holme Avenue Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Holme Avenue Bridge over Wooden Bridge Run

Photo taken by D. Thomsen

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Pennypack Creek on Holme Avenue in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1921
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 227.0 ft.
Deck width: 54.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.05833, -75.03833   (decimal degrees)
40°03'30" N, 75°02'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/496730/4434232 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Frankford
Inventory numbers
PA 67 1016 0020 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 38791 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31520 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2008)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
11,222

Categories 

Arch (9,441)
Built 1921 (391)
Built during 1920s (7,048)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,774)
Deck arch (8,725)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Open (28,458)
 Owned by state (9,854)
Pennsylvania (3,046)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (118)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (105)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,741)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,806)

Update Log 

  • September 26, 2010: New photos from D. Thomsen

Sources 

  • D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net
  • Wikipedia
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Holme Avenue Bridge
Posted September 26, 2010, by D. Thomsen (dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net)

This bridge was built in 1921. See photo of bridge placque.