Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Perkiomen Creek on Fretz Road in Franconia Township
- Location
- Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Removed/Not Replaced
- History
- Built 1898; rehabilitated 1960
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 111.9 ft.
Total length: 113.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.31667, -75.40000 (decimal degrees)
40°19'00" N, 75°24'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/466014/4462981 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Quakertown, PA
- Inventory numbers
- PA 46 7046 0640 0092 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31356 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.8 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
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Update Log
- June 24, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein
- May 31, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Removed added to name, Franconia Twp to City & Overview, Status Removed not replaced, USGS Perkiomenville to Quakertown