Adams Hollow Creek is a short tributary of the Delaware River meeting with it just upstream from Mill Creek in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
| Adams Hollow Creek | |
|---|---|
  Adams Hollow Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Borough | Bristol |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°6′38″N 74°51′20″W / 40.11056°N 74.85556°W |
| • elevation | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 40°5′58.5″N 75°5′40″W / 40.099583°N 75.09444°W |
• elevation | 0 feet (0 m) |
| 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) |
History
editFormer 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
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Adams Hollow Creek". Tour Bristol Borough. June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Bridges". Municipal Journal. XXXI (12). New York, NY: Municipal Journal and Engineer: 396. July–December 1911.
Bristol, Pa.—Work will shortly begin replacing old King's bridge over Adams Hollow Creek, boundary line between Bristol Borough and Bristol Township, with concrete span of 60 ft.
- ^ Baughn, James. "RADCLIFFE STREET over ADAMS HOLLOW CREEK". uglybridges.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2017.