PENNOCK BRIDGE RD. over BRANCH WHITE CLAY CREEK
Map
Coordinates:
+39.78808, -75.8588239°47'17" N, 75°51'32" W
Source: National Bridge Inventory (2000, 2010 editions)
Information not verified. Use at your own risk.
Facts
| Name: | PENNOCK BRIDGE RD. over BRANCH WHITE CLAY CREEK |
| Structure number: | 153022005600000 |
| Location: | NEW LONDON 53D01 |
| Purpose: | Carries highway over waterway |
| Route classification: | Local (Urban) [19] |
| Length of largest span: | 32.2 ft. [9.8 m] |
| Total length: | 32.2 ft. [9.8 m] |
| Roadway width between curbs: | 24.0 ft. [7.3 m] |
| Deck width edge-to-edge: | 26.6 ft. [8.1 m] |
| Skew angle: | 5° |
| Owner: | State Highway Agency [01] |
| Year built: | 1954 |
| Historic significance: | Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [5] |
| Design load: | M 13.5 / H 15 [2] |
| Main span material: | Concrete [1] |
| Main span design: | Tee beam [04] |
| Deck type: | Concrete Cast-in-Place [1] |
| Wearing surface: | Bituminous [6] |
2010 Inspection
| Status: | Open, no restriction [A] |
| Average daily traffic: | 601 [as of 2009] |
| Truck traffic: | 16% of total traffic |
| Deck condition: | Good [7 out of 9] |
| Superstructure condition: | Good [7 out of 9] |
| Substructure condition: | Fair [5 out of 9] |
| Channel protection: | Bank and embankment protection is severely undermined. River control devices have severe damage. Large deposits of debris are in the channel. [4] |
| Scour condition: | Bridge is scour critical; bridge foundations determined to be unstable. [3] |
| Operating rating: | 69.9 tons [63.5 metric tons] |
| Inventory rating: | 41.9 tons [38.1 metric tons] |
| Sufficiency rating: | 74.4 |
2000 Inspection
| Status: | Open, no restriction [A] |
| Average daily traffic: | 246 [as of 2000] |
| Truck traffic: | 16% of total traffic |
| Deck condition: | Very Good [8 out of 9] |
| Superstructure condition: | Very Good [8 out of 9] |
| Substructure condition: | Good [7 out of 9] |
| Channel protection: | Bank and embankment protection is severely undermined. River control devices have severe damage. Large deposits of debris are in the channel. [4] |
| Scour condition: | Scour calculation/evaluation has not been made. [6] |
| Operating rating: | 65.3 tons [59.4 metric tons] |
| Inventory rating: | 38.6 tons [35.1 metric tons] |
| Sufficiency rating: | 91.3 |
Comments
PENNOCK BRIDGE RD. over BRANCH WHITE CLAY CREEK (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
Posted May 6, 2012, by agnes frampton (aframpton39 [at] gmail [dot] com)
You state that Pennock's bridge was constructed in 1954. I question that as I crossed that bridge every day for 4 years on my way to school. That was 1945 to 1949 (approx) I might be off by one year but no more.