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PA-592-20

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Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-21

Oblique View Looking SW

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PA-592-22

Oblique View Looking SW

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PA-592-23

Oblique View looking SE

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PA-592-24

3/4 view of deck looking SW

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PA-592-25

3/4 view deck Looking SE

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PA-592-26

Builder's Plate South Rail

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over East Branch Brandywine Creek on Lincoln Highway in Downingtown
Location: Downington, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1921
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 38.1 ft.
Also called: East Branch Brandywine Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.00667, -75.70500 (decimal degrees)
40°00'24" N, 75°42'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/439826/4428735 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Downingtown
Inventory numbers: PA 15 0322 0340 0252 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30672 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2007): Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 7.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 16,854

Update Log

August 20, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

Sources

HAER PA-592 - Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA
J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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