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Gowen Avenue over SEPTA (Chestnut Hill E)

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Gowen Avenue over SEPTA (Chestnut Hill E) in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 2001, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1999).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 144 of the 587 inventoried bridges in Philadelphia County rated good (24.5%); 74 (12.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 37 ft
Location	E of Germantown Ave 17B05
NBI structure number	000000000039243
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 95 over Orthodox-pearce Street	1966	280,088	Fair
Interstate 95 over Margaret Str.and Conrail	1966	280,088	Fair
Interstate 95 over Tacony St.and Bridge St.	1967	280,088	Poor
Interstate 95 over Fraley Street	1967	280,088	Poor
Interstate 95 over Levick Street	1964	280,088	Fair
I-95; Ramp F & B over New State Road	2016	280,088	Good