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Smith's Bridge
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Description
Original Burr Truss Covered Bridge Constructed - 1839 Rehabilitated, Piers and Steel Beams added - 1956 Destroyed by Fire - 1961 Reconstructed Without Cover - 1962 Reconstructed With Burr Trusses and Cover - 2002Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge with steel beams over Brandywine Creek on Smith Bridge Road
- Location
- Beaver Valley, New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1839 (Burr Truss Covered Bridge); Reconstructed 2002 (see Description for details)
- Design
- Original Burr Truss Covered Bridge - reconstructed in 2002
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 143.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
- Also called
- Brandywine Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.83750, -75.57889 (decimal degrees)
39°50'15" N, 75°34'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/450469/4409881 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Wilmington North
- Inventory number
- BH 48878 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 01/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 74.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 2,187
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