Historic Bridges
of the United States
Reading Road Bridge
Lehigh County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Cedar Creek on Reading Road in Allentown
Location
Allentown
,
Lehigh County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1824; rehabilitated ca. 1980
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 14.1 ft.
Total length: 35.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.59333, -75.50000
(decimal degrees)
40°35'36" N, 75°30'00" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
PA 39 7301 0000 9001
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31205
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 03/2006)
Superstructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 20.6
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 1991)
2,500
Categories
19th Century
(1,720)
Allentown, Pennsylvania
(8)
Arch
(7,553)
Built 1824
(5)
Built during 1820s
(31)
Deck arch
(6,647)
Functionally obsolete
(5,063)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
(34)
Open
(21,591)
Owned by county
(14,137)
Pennsylvania
(1,696)
Span length under 25 feet
(2,545)
Stone arch
(1,350)
Total length 25-50 feet
(5,254)
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