BROAD STREET over LITTLE SCHUYLKILL RIVER
Map
Coordinates:
+40.58010, -76.0264040°34'48" N, 76°01'35" W
Facts
Source: National Bridge Inventory. Information not verified; use at your own risk.
Name: | BROAD STREET over LITTLE SCHUYLKILL RIVER |
Structure number: | 000000000031004 |
Old structure number: | 537423000091230 (from 1992 edition) |
Location: | 460 FT WEST OF SR 61 |
Purpose: | Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over waterway |
Route classification: | Local (Urban) [19] |
Length of largest span: | 51.8 ft. [15.8 m] |
Total length: | 164.1 ft. [50.0 m] |
Roadway width between curbs: | 20.0 ft. [6.1 m] |
Deck width edge-to-edge: | 27.9 ft. [8.5 m] |
Skew angle: | 14° |
Owner: | County Highway Agency [02] |
Year built: | 1926 |
Historic significance: | Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [5] |
Design load: | MS 18 / HS 20 [5] |
Number of main spans: | 3 |
Main spans material: | Steel [3] |
Main spans design: | Girder and floorbeam system [03] |
Deck type: | Concrete Cast-in-Place [1] |
Wearing surface: | Bituminous [6] |
Latest Available Inspection: December 2018
Good/Fair/Poor Condition: | Poor |
Status: | Posted for load [P] |
Average daily traffic: | 200 [as of 1985] |
Truck traffic: | 1% of total traffic |
Deck condition: | Fair [5 out of 9] |
Superstructure condition: | Poor [4 out of 9] |
Substructure condition: | Fair [5 out of 9] |
Structural appraisal: | Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is [4] |
Deck geometry appraisal: | Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is [4] |
Water adequacy appraisal: | Superior to present desirable criteria [9] |
Roadway alignment appraisal: | Better than present minimum criteria [7] |
Channel protection: | Bank protection is being eroded. River control devices and/or embankment have major damage. Trees and rush restrict the channel. [5] |
Scour condition: | Bridge foundations determined to be stable for assessed or calculated scour conditions; field review indicates action is required. [4] |
Sufficiency rating: | 42.4 |
Recommended work: | Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. [31] |
Estimated cost of work: | $123,000 |
Previous Inspections
Date | Condition | Deck | Superstructure | Substructure | ADT | Suff. Rating |
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December 2018 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Fair | 200 | 42.4 |
December 2016 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Fair | 200 | 42.4 |
December 2014 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Fair | 200 | 49.6 |
December 2013 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Satisfactory | 200 | 49.6 |
December 2012 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Satisfactory | 200 | 49.7 |
December 2011 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Satisfactory | 200 | 49.7 |
December 2010 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Satisfactory | 200 | 49.6 |
December 2008 | Poor | Poor | Poor | Critical | 200 | 6.0 |
October 2005 | Poor | Poor | Fair | Critical | 200 | 6.0 |
October 2004 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Critical | 200 | 8.0 |
October 2003 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Critical | 200 | 8.0 |
October 2002 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Critical | 200 | 8.0 |
October 2001 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Critical | 200 | 8.0 |
October 2000 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Poor | 200 | 34.2 |
October 1999 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Poor | 200 | 34.2 |
October 1998 | Poor | Fair | Fair | Poor | 200 | 34.2 |
October 1997 | Fair | Satisfactory | Fair | Fair | 200 | 45.7 |
October 1995 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Fair | 200 | 33.0 |
October 1993 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Fair | 200 | 33.0 |
October 1991 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Fair | 200 | 33.0 |