Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Delaware River on PA 413 in Bristol
- Location
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1930; rehabilitated 1990
- Design
- Vertical lift
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 540.1 ft.
Total length: 2,301.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.08167, -74.87000 (decimal degrees)
40°04'54" N, 74°52'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/511083/4436829 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Bristol
- Inventory numbers
- PA 09 7101 9991 0001 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30518 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/1994)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 42.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
- 25,241
Comments
Delaware River Bridge
This bridge is also known at the Burlington-Bristol Bridge, seeing as it crosses between Bristol Township PA and Burlington NJ.
The first picture is the PA approach of the bridge, headed into NJ, showing one of the concrete counterweights and its towner.
The second picture is the western portal, with the signals to stop if the bridge is open.
The third picture is crossing the bridge.
The fourth picture is one of the bridge houses.
The fifth picture is the eastern portal, ascending down the deck truss approach to the toll booth, which collects going west only.
