Historic Bridges
of the United States
Fruitville Road Bridge
Montgomery County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Perkiomen Creek on Fruitville Road in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia
,
Montgomery County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905; rehabilitated 1962, 1963
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 451.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.2 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.04167, -75.05167
(decimal degrees)
40°02'30" N, 75°03'06" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/495592/4432383
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Frankford
Inventory numbers
PA 46 7046 0410 0232
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31358
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 04/2006)
Deck condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Critical
(2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Serious
(3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.3
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 1977)
250
Categories
Built 1905
(333)
Built during 1900s
(2,418)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
(82)
NR-eligible
(2,574)
Open
(21,823)
Owned by county
(14,295)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(108)
Pratt truss
(1,567)
Span length 100-125 feet
(2,299)
Through truss
(5,419)
Total length 250-500 feet
(2,146)
Truss
(16,067)
Wooden deck
(5,165)
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