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SR 1037 speedwell over Hammer Creek

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

SR 1037 speedwell over Hammer Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 370 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 87 of the 801 inventoried bridges in Lancaster County rated poor (10.9%); 87 (10.9%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 68 ft
Location	1.25 Mi. N.E. of Elm
NBI structure number	000000000021453
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Pennsylvania department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 30 ; SR 0030 over Fruitville Pk; SR 4011	2000	141,059	Fair
US 30; SR 0030 over Conestoga River	1953	114,612	Fair
US 30; SR 0030 over Pa 23 Walnut St	1992	114,612	Fair
US 30 over Pitney Rd	2002	114,612	Good
US 30; SR 0030 over Homeland Drive	2002	114,612	Good
U.S. 30 SR0030 over Nor/south&amtrak	2002	103,831	Good