Bells Mill Road Bridge

Photo

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

Overview

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Wissanickon 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)
USGS topographic map: Germantown
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 (as of 10/2007): Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1980): 12,200

Bells Mill Road Bridge

Posted April 21, 2008, by Bill Flis (flis [at] detk [dot] com)

That's Wissahickon, with an "h".