Rating:
31801
{88}%
3 votes
Kellams Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Doug Kerr in February 2009
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BH Photo #174228
Description
It is one of the few short-span wire-cable suspension bridges remaining in Pennsylvania. It was altered extensively in 1936.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over Delaware River on SR 1018 (Kellams Bridge Road)
- Location
- Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and Sullivan County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1890; rehabilitated 1959
- Builder
- - David Kellam
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Total length: 379.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.8 ft.
- Recognition
-
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.82334, -75.11331 (decimal degrees)
41°49'24" N, 75°06'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/490589/4630168 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Callicoon
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 272
- Inventory numbers
- PA 63 1018 0210 2089 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 31801 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2009)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 27 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- July 22, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- February 25, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- February 18, 2018: Updated by James Baughn: Merged duplicate pages
- October 23, 2017: Updated by Matthew: Updated title and road conditions
- January 13, 2015: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- August 23, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- October 16, 2011: Photos imported by James Baughn
- August 25, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr
Sources
- Bridgemeister.com
- Doug Kerr
- HAER PA-470 - Kellams Bridge, Spanning Delaware River at Stalker-Kellams Road (State Route 1018), Stalker, Wayne County, PA
- Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
This bridge is actually the last known remaining underspanned suspension bridge in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underspanned_suspension_bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellams_Bridge