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Overview: Wooden bascule bridge over Mitchell River on Bridge Street in Chatham
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1936; rehabilitated 1980
Design: Single-leaf timber stringer bascule
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 22.0 ft.
Total length: 226.7 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.66988, -69.96101 (decimal degrees)
41°40'12" N, 69°57'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/420001/4613570 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Chatham
Inventory numbers: MA C07001 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19177 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 2,100

Mitchell River Bridge

Posted December 23, 2011, by George Myers (urkreksir [at] aol [dot] com)

Will, You may want to check out my web site at www.mitchellriverbridge.com for all the latest (and earliest) on the Mitchell River Drawbridge. George

Mitchell River Bridge

Posted December 21, 2011, by Will Truax (Bridgewright [at] ymail [dot] com)

And the debate yet continues - http://t.co/iQZrnk86

Mitchell River Bridge

Posted June 14, 2011, by Will Truax (Bridgewright [at] ymail [dot] com)

Plans for rehab of the last working Wooden drawspan in America back in the news http://t.co/3yWRBIW

Mitchell River Bridge

Posted March 8, 2011, by Norman Pacun (clamknife [at] comcast [dot] net)

The ADT was redone in May 2010 and shown to be approximately 850 vehicles per day, confirming that this bridge services a rural collector road.