Cooks Run (Neshaminy Creek tributary)

Cooks Run
pushpin map showing location of Cooks Run
Cooks Run
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Doylestown
New Britain
Physical characteristics
Main source 340 feet (100 m)
40°19′9″N 75°8′8″W / 40.31917°N 75.13556°W / 40.31917; -75.13556
River mouth 226 feet (69 m)
40°17′32″N 75°10′52″W / 40.29222°N 75.18111°W / 40.29222; -75.18111Coordinates: 40°17′32″N 75°10′52″W / 40.29222°N 75.18111°W / 40.29222; -75.18111
Length 2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Basin features
Progression Cooks Run → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system Delaware River
Basin size 3.32 square miles (8.6 km2)
Landmarks Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve
Bridges Burpee Road
North Shady Retreat Road
Ironhill Road
Business U.S. Route 202 (East Butler Avenue)
Almshouse Road (South Tamenand Avenue)
Slope 51.82 feet per mile (9.814 m/km)

Cooks Run is a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek. Rising in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, it runs about 2 miles (3.2 km) to its confluence with the Neshaminy Creek.

History

Cooks Run is named after Arthur Cooke, a large landowner in Bucks County in the late 17th century. The stream supplied power for three mills, Hisand's near Doylestown, Godshalk's in New Britain, and Landis' near its mouth at the Neshaminy once known as Kepharts and Godshalks Dam.[1]

Statistics

Cooks Run meets the Neshaminy Creek at its 38.10 river mile, and drains a watershed of 3.32 square miles (8.6 km2). The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1172392,[2] U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02776.[3]

Course

Cooks Run rises adjacent to the Pennsylvania Route 611 bypass near the current location of Doylestown Hospital and runs generally southwest to its confluence at Neshaminy Creek.[4]

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

  • Almshouse Road (South Tamenend Avenue) - NBI Structure Number 7339, bridge is 12 metres (39 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, tee beam design, concrete construction, built in 1933.[5]
  • Business U.S. Route 202 (East Butler Avenue) - NBI Structure Number 6916, bridge is 10 metres (33 ft) long, tee beam design, concrete construction, built in 1926.[6]
  • Iron Hill Road - NBI Structure Number 48010, bridge is 9 metres (30 ft) long, 2 lane, 2 span, culvert design, concrete construction, built in 2005.[7]
  • North Shady Retreat Road - NBI Structure Number 47935, bridge is 7 metres (23 ft) long, 2 lane, 2 spans, culvert design, concrete construction, built in 1977.[8]
  • Burpee Road - NBI Structure Number 47934, bridge is 7 metres (23 ft) long, 2 lane, single span, culvert design, concrete construction, built in 1977.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P83.
  2. ↑ http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1172392
  3. ↑ http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf, page 48
  4. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Doylestown+Township,+PA/@40.3010306,-75.1704594,15.03z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6a813faff36e7:0x314b4095f1c20581!8m2!3d40.2872575!4d-75.1428632
  5. ↑ http://www.nationalbridges.com/, retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.nationalbridges.com/, retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ↑ http://www.nationalbridges.com/, retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ↑ http://www.nationalbridges.com/, retrieved 29 June 2017
  9. ↑ http://www.nationalbridges.com/, retrieved 29 June 2017.
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