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Bells Mill Road Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Be;;s Mill road Bridge - March 13, 2009

Overview

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #135764

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Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Wissahickon Creek on Bells Mill Road in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1820
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 66.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.07833, -75.22667   (decimal degrees)
40°04'42" N, 75°13'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/480673/4436476 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Germantown
Average daily traffic (as of 1980)
12,200
Inventory numbers
PA 67 7301 0120 0340 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 39218 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31507 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 42.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (6,363)
Arch (11,366)
Built 1820 (8)
Built during 1820s (79)
Deck arch (10,590)
Flared (405)
Open (37,515)
Owned by city (4,668)
 Pennsylvania (4,513)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (162)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (144)
Span length 25-50 feet (13,979)
Stone arch (2,693)
Structurally deficient (18,384)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,626)

Update Log 

  • March 9, 2014: Updated by Jodi Christman: Corrected typo on Wissahickon
  • March 22, 2009: New photo from Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
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Bells Mill Road Bridge
Posted April 21, 2008, by Bill Flis (flis [at] detk [dot] com)

That's Wissahickon, with an "h".