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Krewstown Road Bridge in Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Krewstown Road Bridge - April 12, 2009

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Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Pennypack Creek on Krewstown Road in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907; rehabilitated 1964
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.07667, -75.05500   (decimal degrees)
40°04'36" N, 75°03'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/495310/4436268 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Frankford
Inventory numbers
PA 67 7301 0110 0168 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 39210 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31524 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2008)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1981)
10,000

Categories 

Arch (11,134)
Built 1907 (581)
Built during 1900s (6,235)
Concrete inset railing (383)
Deck arch (10,377)
Open (36,260)
Owned by city (4,454)
 Pennsylvania (4,020)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (153)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (136)
Span length 25-50 feet (13,411)
Stone arch (2,631)
Structurally deficient (18,337)
Total length 75-100 feet (5,875)

Update Log 

  • May 2, 2009: New photo from Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
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Krewstown Road Bridge in Philadelphia, PA
Posted March 2, 2016, by Elliot (ejf70 [at] aol [dot] com)

Having used this wonderful bridge thousands of times,I can easily say that the original "cornerstone" is marked 1800 and was refurbished in 1900 (another "cornerstone")followed by a possible rebuild in 1964? In the 80's there was talk of replacing this beautiful bridge with a new, straight one. It can be quite dangerous but it is quite beautiful!

Krewstown Road Bridge in Philaadelphia, PA
Posted September 25, 2010, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I don't know why two centuries old is a concern. If you check out the listing for the Range Line Road Bridge in Wisconsin, http://bridgehunter.com/wi/milwaukee/P40070000000000/ you'll find several photos of bridges in England that were built hundreds of years ago. Here's the Greystone Bridge that was built in 1439 - and is still in everyday use. (The photo was taken by Alan Rosevar who was kind enough to allow us to use it here. Please respect his copyright and don't reproduce it anywhere - thanks!)

Krewstown Road Bridge in Philaadelphia, PA
Posted September 24, 2010, by Anonymous

If the bridge is one century old, I'm not too concerned, but if it's two centuries old, then that is cause for concern.

Krewstown Road Bridge
Posted March 29, 2009, by James Cantwell (philajim [at] comcast [dot] net)

Two more pics

Krewstown Road Bridge
Posted March 29, 2009, by James Cantwell (philajim [at] comcast [dot] net)

This website says the bridge was built 1n 1907. The plaque on the northbound side bears this out but on the southbound side there is a plaque with the date "1800" on it. I've included pics. These are about mid span and directly across from each other.