Main Street Bridge - Beam Bridge

Location: Main Street - Sellersville, PA

Stream: East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek

Year: 1828; rebuilt in 1929 & 1940

 
This triple span beam bridge of reinforced concrete is located on Main Street in Sellersville, PA.   This road used to be Route 309 before the Sellersville bypass was built.
 
Buttresses are found on both sides of the bridge.   Why are the buttresses on the Perkasie side worn down to the reinforcing metal under the concrete on only one side of the bridge?
   
Cast cement over metal rebar is the material used to build the bridge.   The cement piers under the bridge run its entire width.

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