Historic Bridges
of the United States
Bells Mill Road Bridge
Philadelphia County
,
Pennsylvania
Overview
Post comment
Contact webmaster
On this page:
Map
·
Facts
·
Categories
·
Comments
Map
Vicinity map
Map links:
Google Maps
Yahoo! Maps
TopoZone
Terraserver USA
Facts
Overview
Stone arch bridge over Wissanickon Creek on Bells Mill Road in Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia
,
Philadelphia County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1820
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 66.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.07833, -75.22667
(decimal degrees)
40°04'42" N, 75°13'36" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/480673/4436476
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Germantown
Inventory numbers
PA 67 7301 0120 0340
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31507
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 10/2005)
Superstructure condition rating:
Serious
(3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Poor
(4 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.9
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 1980)
12,200
Categories
19th Century
(1,838)
Arch
(7,640)
Built 1820
(4)
Built during 1820s
(31)
Deck arch
(6,722)
Open
(21,823)
Owned by city
(1,981)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
(51)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(108)
Span length 25-50 feet
(6,148)
Stone arch
(1,365)
Structurally deficient
(10,853)
Total length 50-75 feet
(4,989)
Post a comment here
·
Contact webmaster
Comments
Bells Mill Road Bridge
Posted April 21, 2008, by Bill Flis
(flis [at] detk [dot] com)
That's Wissahickon, with an "h".