Second Street Bridge | |
Location | PA 291/Second St. over Chester Creek, Chester, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°50′41″N 75°21′39″W / 39.84472°N 75.36083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1919 |
Built by | James B. Long |
Architect | Paul D. Kauffman |
Architectural style | Bowstring arch |
MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88000752[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
The Second Street Bridge was an historic, American concrete Bowstring arch bridge that was located in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988,[1] it has since been demolished.
Built in 1919, this historic structure was an 84-foot-long (26 m), single-span, arch bridge. The original patent that was used for the bridge design was issued to James B. Marsh in 1911 and included the experimental use of concrete.[2]
The bridge allowed traffic on Pennsylvania Route 291 to cross Chester Creek.[3]
The bridge has been demolished.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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