Glebe Road Bridge

Photo

Southwest Side Of Bridge Looking East From Glebe Road With Chain Bridge In Background

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #312589

Built as part of a project to extend the GWMP closer to a proposed terminus at Great Falls, Virginia.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Glebe Road & Stream on Gwmp
Location: Arlington County, Virginia
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1959; rehabilitated 1982
Builders: - L. B. Foster Co. of New York (railings & posts)
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Steel fabricator)
- U.S. Bureau of Public Roads of Washington, D.C. (designer)
- Wright Contracting Co. (contractor)
Design: Continuous Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 544.0 ft.
Deck width: 62.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.92883, -77.11878 (decimal degrees)
38°55'44" N, 77°07'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/316338/4311013 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Washington West
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 27,400
Inventory number: BH 65336 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2015): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 81 (out of 100)
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HAER VA-75 - Glebe Road Bridge, Spanning Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County, VA