Falls Bridge

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Falls Bridge -- July 12, 2009 Overview looking East Photo taken by Raymond Klein View high-res version

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Falls Bridge -- July 12, 2009 Street level overview looking East Photo taken by Raymond Klein View high-res version

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Falls Bridge -- July 12, 2009 Upriver side view looking East Photo taken by Raymond Klein View high-res version

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Falls Bridge -- July 12, 2009 Side view looking upriver Photo taken by Raymond Klein View high-res version

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Falls Bridge -- July 12, 2009 Builders Plate on Westend Photo taken by Raymond Klein View high-res version

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Falls Bridge -- July 12, 2009 Sign descrbing bridge history on West side of bridge Photo taken by Raymond Klein View high-res version

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Phila Falls Bridge01 Falls Bridge from Kelly Drive Photo taken by D. Thomsen View high-res version

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Phila Falls Bridge02 Falls Bridge from Kelly Drive, looking upstream Photo taken by D. Thomsen View high-res version

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Phila Falls Bridge12 Description of the bridge, posted on the Kelly Drive end of the bridge. Photo taken by D. Thomsen View high-res version

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Schuylkill River in Philadelphia

Location

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1895; rehabilitated 1986

Design

Baltimore through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 191.9 ft.
Total length: 566.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.2 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.00833, -75.19833   (decimal degrees)
40°00'30" N, 75°11'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/483072/4428700 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Germantown

Inventory numbers

PA 67 7301 0040 0004 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31515 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 07/2007)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 53.7 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 1981)

13,000

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 23, 2010: New photos from D. Thomsen
• May 12, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
• March 14, 2010: New photos from Raymond Klein

Sources 

• Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
• Nathan Holth
• D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net

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