Landenberg Bridge

Geobox|Bridge
bridge_name= Landenberg Bridge
category= National Register of Historic Places


image_caption= The bridge in 2008, after nine years of disuse.
country = United States
country_

state = Pennsylvania
state_

region_type = County
region = Chester
municipality = Landenberg
parent_type = Road
road = Landenberg Road
river = White Clay Creek
river_type = Crosses
location =
elevation_imperial =
lat_d = 39
lat_m = 46
lat_s = 40.9
lat_NS = N
long_d = 75
long_m = 46
long_s = 16.3
long_EW = W
length_imperial = 76.5
length_orientation =
length_note = [cite web | title=Landenberg Bridge NRHP Nomination | publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission | url=http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H000409_01B.pdf | accessdate=2008-07-18]
width_imperial = 18
width_round = 1
width_orientation =
width_note = cite web | title=Landenberg Bridge | publisher=White Clay Watershed Association | url=http://home.ccil.org/~wcwa/landenbergbridge/index.htm | accessdate=2008-07-18]
height_imperial =
height_round = 1
height_type = Clearance
style_type = Design
style = Pratt Pony Truss Bridge
material = Steel
author_type = Builder
author = Schuylkill Bridge Company
established_type = Opened
established = 1899
management_type = Maintained by
management = PennDOT
free_type = Added to NRHP
free = June 22, 1988
free1_type = NRHP Ref#
free1 = 88000804 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]


map_size = 300
map_caption = Location of the Landenberg Bridge in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania

The Landenberg Bridge is a truss bridge carrying Landenberg Road across the White Clay Creek in Landenberg, Pennsylvania.

The bridge was originally built by the Schuylkill Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania in 1899, using the stone abutments from an earlier (1871) bridge. The bridge is a Pratt pony truss design, with an unusual cantilevered sidewalk along the north side of the bridge.cite web | title=History of the Landenberg Bridge | publisher=New Garden Historical Commission | url=http://home.ccil.org/~nghc/index.htm | accessdate=2008-07-18]

Because of its architectural features, the Landenberg Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. However, a PennDOT inspection in the summer of 1999 found that the bridge had undergone serious structural deterioration, and it has been closed to traffic since. Plans to replace it have stalled due to local opposition to widening the bridge.

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