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Holme Avenue Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Photo taken by smallbones (Wikipedia User)

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Wooden Bridge Run on Holme Avenue in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1921
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Span length: 101.1 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 83.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.05667, -75.02333   (decimal degrees)
40°03'24" N, 75°01'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/498009/4434046 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Frankford
Inventory numbers
PA 67 1016 0030 1380 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 31521 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,775)
Built 1921 (410)
Built during 1920s (7,345)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,967)
Deck arch (9,068)
NR-listed (2,594)
 Open (29,972)
Owned by state (10,362)
Pennsylvania (3,261)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (134)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (118)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,808)

Update Log 

  • December 26, 2010: New photo from Jodi Christman

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
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Holme Avenue Bridge
Posted May 10, 2008, by Bill Flis (flis [at] detk [dot] com)

New wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holme_Avenue_Bridge