Second Street Bridge | |
Coordinates: | 39.8447°N -75.3608°W |
Built: | 1919 |
Architect: | Paul D. Kauffman |
Builder: | James B. Long |
Architecture: | Bowstring arch |
Added: | June 22, 1988 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88000752 |
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, it has since been demolished.
Built in 1919, this historic structure was an 84adj=midNaNadj=mid, 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.[1]
The bridge allowed traffic on Pennsylvania Route 291 to cross Chester Creek.[2]
The bridge has been demolished.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.