Structure 7482 · Bucks County, PA

South Main Street over Pleasant Spring Creek

Carries South Main Street over Pleasant Spring Creek, Perkasie Boro 20h02.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating4/9 · Poor
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT74 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 4/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 4/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

74 ft end to end, longest span 36 ft. Lengths and the car on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a box-beam bridge.

Built195868 years old
Length74.1 ft22.6 m
Daily traffic250counted 2001
Last inspectedMarch 2024every 24 months

Location

StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
LocationPerkasie Boro 20h02
CarriesSouth Main Street
CrossesPleasant Spring Creek
Coordinates40.36360, -75.28680

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length74.1 ft (22.6 m)
Max Span36.1 ft (11 m)
Deck Width39.4 ft (12 m)
Deck Area271.2 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1958

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic250 (2001)
Truck Traffic1%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number000000000007482

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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