Fisher's Lane Bridge [SEP] material used
Fisher's Lane Bridge
Fisher's Lane Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge that carries Fisher's Lane west of Ramona Avenue across Tacony Creek in Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The filled-spandrel stone arch bridge has a single span of and is wide. It is currently open to traffic.
Though claimed by some to have been re-built in 1796, a still-legible cornerstone in the bridge masonry shows the year 1759.
External links.
- Listing at BridgeHunter.com
highways today. The bridge deck was supported by thirteen concrete girders, each spanning . These girders were prestressed by post-tensioning four wire cables embedded in the concrete. Although this type of construction had been used in Europe for quite some time, the Walnut Lane Memorial Bridge was innovative in the United States and led to the successful application of this technology in this country. The material-saving bridge cost about $700,000 to construct, about 30 percent cheaper than a regular concrete arch design.
The fascia (external)