Cold Spring Bridge

Cold Spring Bridge is a historic concrete open-spandrel arch bridge located at Whitehall Township and North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It 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. It crosses Spring Creek.[2]

Cold Spring Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cold Spring Bridge, October 2012
Location	2nd Street over Spring Creek, Whitehall Township and North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°42′3″N 75°31′1″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

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]

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  Demolition of the Cold Spring Bridge in 2014

References

1. "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. 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