Scudder Falls Bridge

Photos

Taken from the Yardley Boat Launch on the Delaware River

Photo taken by Ian Anderson

BH Photo #136563

Overview: Haunched deck plate girder bridge over Delaware River on Interstate 295 in Lower Makefield Township
Location: Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Mercer County, New Jersey
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1959, replacing a washed-out Truss Bridge; rehabilitated 1981; Replaced 2019
Design: Haunched deck plate girder using pin-and-hanger connections
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 1,745.2 ft.
Deck width: 56.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.25868, -74.84789 (decimal degrees)
40°15'31" N, 74°50'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/512935/4456480 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pennington
Average daily traffic (as of 1999): 40,904
Inventory numbers: PA 09 7422 9991 0005 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 39900 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2008): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

April 11, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Bridge has been replaced. Demolition in progress
July 21, 2011: New Street View added by Stephen Greer
February 19, 2011: Updated by Ian Anderson: Changed future prospects,
April 5, 2009: New photos from Ian Anderson
March 29, 2009: Updated by Ian Anderson
February 14, 2009: Added by Ian Anderson

Scudder Falls Bridge

Posted November 7, 2018, by Dan Styer (Dan [dot] Styer [at] oberlin [dot] edu)

This photo was taken by Thomas W. Styer III (my father) in February 1961.

Scudder Falls Bridge

Posted October 24, 2013, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Scudder Falls Bridge is scheduled to be replaced soon as it is a bottleneck on Interstate 95