University Avenue Bridge

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Owner: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, as of 1961, formerly City of Philadelphia Maintained by PennDOT Designers: Paul Phillippe Cret, architect, and Stephen H. Noyes, engineer Design: Beaux-Arts Double leaf bascule bridge Materials: steel, limestone, concrete, bronze Total length 536 feet Width 100 feet Number of spans 4 Piers in water 4 Clearance below 30 feet Constructed by Dravo Contracting Company Beginning date of construction 1925 Completion date 1930 Opened 1930

Facts

Overview: Bridge over Schuylkill River on University Avenue
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1929; rehabilitated 1985
Builders: - Dravo Contracting Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Paul Phillippe Cret
Design: steel double leaf bascule bridge, concrete deck
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 540.1 ft.
Deck width: 54.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1994
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.94194, -75.19722 (decimal degrees)
39°56'31" N, 75°11'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/483150/4421332 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Philadelphia
Inventory numbers: PA 67 3003 0050 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 38906 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 94000515 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 45844 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2009): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 55.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 15,088

Update Log

January 28, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
December 16, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
March 7, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP #, street view and imported photos
December 26, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
August 9, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added categories, itemized description

Sources

D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net
Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
Wikipedia
Douglas Butler
Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER PA-503 - University Avenue Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River at University Avenue (State Route 3003), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Historic Structure Report - Enormous Report Discussing Bridge