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Overview: Open-spandrel arch bridge over Wissahickon Creek on Walnut Lane in Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1907
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 232.0 ft.
Total length: 585.0 ft.
Deck width: 41.3 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.03000, -75.03333 (decimal degrees)
40°01'48" N, 75°01'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: PA 67 4013 0020 1859 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31546 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 16,743

Walnut Lane Bridge

Posted May 22, 2008, by Bill Flis (flis [at] detk [dot] com)

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