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Cold Spring Bridge

Coordinates: 40°42′3″N 75°31′1″W / 40.70083°N 75.51694°W / 40.70083; -75.51694
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Cold Spring Bridge
Cold Spring Bridge in October 2012
Cold Spring Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Cold Spring Bridge
Cold Spring Bridge is located in the United States
Cold Spring Bridge
Location2nd Street over Spring Creek, Whitehall Township and North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°42′3″N 75°31′1″W / 40.70083°N 75.51694°W / 40.70083; -75.51694
Arealess than one acre
Built1930
Built byDawes & Norris
Architectural styleOpen-spandrel arch
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000874[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1988
The demolition of the Cold Spring Bridge in 2014

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-08. Note: This includes R.J. Fink (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cold Spring Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  3. ^ "Lehigh Co - Cold Spring Bridge Project in Whitehall Twp". WFMZ 69 News. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ^ Esack, Steve. "PennDOT surpasses road, bridge repair goals". The Morning Call. Retrieved 27 December 2014. includes video