Cold Spring Bridge
Cold Spring Bridge | |
 Cold Spring Bridge in October 2012 | |
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| Location | 2nd Street over Spring Creek, Whitehall Township and North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′3″N 75°31′1″W / 40.70083°N 75.51694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1930 |
| Built by | Dawes & Norris |
| Architectural style | Open-spandrel arch |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000874[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
Cold Spring Bridge is a historic concrete open-spandrel arch bridge located at Whitehall Township and North Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1930, and is a 228-foot-long (69 m) bridge, with a single 160-foot-long (49 m) arch consisting of six symmetrically placed spandrel arches.
The bridge crosses Spring Creek.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
In 2014, the bridge was considered to be structurally deficient and scheduled to be replaced by a three span bulb T-beam bridge costing $3.8 million. It had an average daily traffic volume of 2,461 vehicles.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2012. Note: This includes R.J. Fink (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cold Spring Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Lehigh Co - Cold Spring Bridge Project in Whitehall Twp". WFMZ 69 News. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ Esack, Steve. "PennDOT surpasses road, bridge repair goals". The Morning Call. Retrieved December 27, 2014. includes video
