Adams Hollow Creek

Adams Hollow Creek
pushpin map showing location of Adams Hollow Creek
Adams Hollow Creek
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Borough Bristol
Physical characteristics
Main source 20 feet (6.1 m)
40°6′38″N 74°51′20″W / 40.11056°N 74.85556°W / 40.11056; -74.85556
River mouth 0 feet (0 m)
40°5′58.5″N 75°5′40″W / 40.099583°N 75.09444°W / 40.099583; -75.09444Coordinates: 40°5′58.5″N 75°5′40″W / 40.099583°N 75.09444°W / 40.099583; -75.09444
Length 1.25 miles (2.01 km)
Basin features
Progression Adams Hollow Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system Delaware River
Bridges Radcliffe Street
Wood Street
Pond Street
U.S. Route 13
Slope 16 feet per mile (3.0 m/km)

Adams Hollow Creek is a short tributary of the Delaware River meeting with it just upstream from Mill Creek in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

History

Former communities on the east side of the creek, Harriman and Pine Grove are now part of Bristol Borough.[1]

The bridge carrying Radcliffe Street was built in 1911 to replace the former King's Bridge.[2]

Crossings and bridges

  • Radcliffe Street - NBI Structure Number 7158, bridge is 22 feet (6.7 m) long, 2 lane, single span, steel stringer-multi-beam or girder, concrete cast-in-place deck, built 1911.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://tourbristol.org/tour/adams-hollow-creek/, retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Municipal Journal, Volume XXXI July - December, 1911, No. 12, Page 396, Municipal Journal and Engineer, Inc., 239 W 39th Street, New York, NY, retrieved 8 July 2017
  3. ↑ http://www.uglybridges.com/, retrieved 8 July 2017.
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