Historic Bridges
of the United States
Buttonwood Street Bridge
Berks County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Open-spandrel arch bridge over the Schuylkill River on Buttonwood Street in Reading
Location
Reading
,
Berks County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1972
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 770.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.33833, -75.94500
(decimal degrees)
40°20'18" N, 75°56'42" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
PA 06 7301 0000 9171
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30390
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 06/2005)
Deck condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Poor
(4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 31.6
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 1979)
16,500
Categories
Arch
(7,542)
Berks County, Pennsylvania
(50)
Built 1931
(408)
Built during 1930s
(5,105)
Deck arch
(6,639)
NR-eligible
(2,571)
Open
(21,539)
Open-spandrel arch
(194)
Pennsylvania
(1,694)
Reading, Pennsylvania
(3)
Schuylkill River
(26)
Span length 100-125 feet
(2,247)
Structurally deficient
(10,771)
Total length 500-1000 feet
(987)
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