Blue Stone Bridge

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Blue Stone Bridge -- July 19, 2009

Side view from downstream creekbed

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

BH Photo #143155

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Wissahickon Creek on Forbidden Drive in Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic-bicycles and pedestrians only
History: Built 1896
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 124.0 ft.
Total length: 126.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.02833, -75.19833 (decimal degrees)
40°01'42" N, 75°11'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/483077/4430920 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Germantown
Average daily traffic (as of 1982): 10
Inventory numbers: PA 67 7301 0150 0703 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 39230 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31510 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2011): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.4 (out of 100)
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