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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Poquessing Creek on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1904
Design
Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.9 ft.
Total length: 73.2 ft.
Deck width: 40.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.06472, -74.98111   (decimal degrees)
40°03'53" N, 74°58'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
PA 67 0013 0304 0332 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 88000850 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31519 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
17,485

Update Log 

  • April 25, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson

Comments 

Frankford Avenue Bridge
Posted April 16, 2008, by William Flis (flis [at] detk [dot] com)

Frankford Avenue (Philadelphia side) meets Bristol Pike Andalusia, Buck county side) at this bridge. Both are US 13.

Its HAER page is here, with photos, a drawing, and other details:

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa3591

Frankford Avenue Bridge
Posted April 7, 2008, by William Flis (flis [at] detk [dot] com)

This was listed on the NRHP in 1988:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poquessing_Creek

(I started this wikiarticle and the one on the much older Frankford Creek Bridge over Pennypack Creek.)