Jericho Covered Bridge

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Photo taken by Rachel Lipton in January 2013

Overview: Burr arch-truss bridge over Little Gunpowder Falls on Jericho Road
Location: Baltimore County, Maryland, and Harford County, Maryland
Status: Open to traffic
History: built 1865, queenpost added 1937, stringers added 1982
Design: multiple Kingpost
Single-span Queenpost
Steel Stringers
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 86.0 ft.
Total length: 92.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.46000, -76.38667 (decimal degrees)
39°27'36" N, 76°23'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/380705/4368742 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: White Marsh
Inventory number: BH 47787 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2012): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 50.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1996): 600

Posted March 31, 2011, by Alexander D. Mitchell IV (lner4472 [at] verizon [dot] net)

Scheduled for rehabilitation/restoration in 2012: