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Blacksmith Road - Manatawny Creek Road(Fishers Bridge Replacemnet)

Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Description 

Replaced Fishers Bridge per Oakley research

Facts 

Overview
Beam bridge over MANATAWNY CREEK on BLACKSMITH ROAD
Location
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 142.1 ft.
Deck width: 28.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.30707, -75.72365   (decimal degrees)
40°18'25" N, 75°43'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/438507/4462090 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Boyertown
Inventory numbers
PANBI 05321 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 74931 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,884)
Berks County, Pennsylvania (241)
Built 1958 (368)
Built during 1950s (4,007)
Open (40,968)
Owned by county (21,607)
Pennsylvania (5,784)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,185)

Update Log 

  • December 27, 2016: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: NBI Data Verifies Oakley

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Blacksmith Road -Manatawny Creek Road(Fishers Bridge Replacemnet)
Posted May 14, 2018, by George oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Just read in todays Reading Eagle that work on this bridge will be completed by August 26.A new concrete center pier has been poured and its end piers will be done next.New support beams should arrive by mid-June according to what I read in the article.Any further information I will post here.