Historic Bridges
of the United States
Hemlock Street Bridge
Dauphin County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Paxton Creek on Hemlock Street in Harrisburg
Location
Harrisburg
,
Dauphin County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1908 by the Ferro Concrete Co.; rehabilitated ca. 1960
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 26.9 ft.
Total length: 26.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.25333, -76.86667
(decimal degrees)
40°15'12" N, 76°52'00" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/341247/4457546
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Harrisburg East
Inventory numbers
PA 22 7301 4000 4007
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30831
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 09/2005)
Superstructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 97.0
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2005)
10
Categories
Arch
(7,640)
Built 1908
(251)
Built during 1900s
(2,418)
Closed-spandrel arch
(1,140)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
(27)
Deck arch
(6,722)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
(6)
Open
(21,823)
Owned by city
(1,981)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Span length 25-50 feet
(6,148)
Total length 25-50 feet
(5,316)
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Hemlock Street Bridge
Posted July 25, 2008, by Brandon
(lee [dot] brandon79 [at] yahoo [dot] com)
The bridge is blocked, and the street goes nowere