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Keith Valley Road Bridge

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Keith Valley Road Bridge - February 15, 2009

Side View

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #133603

Map 

Description 

FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The 2-span, 78'-long, 28'-wide stone arch bridge is laid up in random coursed ashlar. It has matched ring stones. The parapets finished with stones set in a crenellated pattern date from 1941 when the bridge was widened with a reinforced concrete arch extension to the downstream side. The stone arch intrados has been shotcreted. The bridge is an altered example of a type and design that is common in the county, and it is not historically or technologically significant.

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Park Creek on Keith Valley Road in Horsham Township, Pennsylvania
Location
Horsham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907; rehabilitated 1941
Builders
- John H. Dager (1907)
- W.F. Cresson (1941)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 78.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
Bridge #118
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.21727, -75.15706   (decimal degrees)
40°13'02" N, 75°09'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/498577/4429977 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ambler
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
6,937
Inventory numbers
PA 46 7046 1080 0118 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 28000 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 79.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,687)
Built 1907 (751)
Built during 1900s (7,688)
Deck arch (11,922)
Horsham, Pennsylvania (2)
John H. Dager (5)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (248)
Open (41,013)
 Owned by county (21,660)
Pennsylvania (6,244)
Skewed (5,024)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,286)
Stone arch (3,297)
Structurally deficient (12,803)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,871)
W.F. Cresson (1)

Update Log 

  • May 4, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and span #
  • February 17, 2009: New photo from Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com

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