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Apples Church Road Bridge
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Notes on build: "It is a gusset plate truss which was prefabricated using rivets in a factory, delivered to the site and assembled. The trusses came in two halves that were then bolted together at the site. Then the floor system was installed." SOURCE: 'Historic Bridges of Frederick County - Frederick County, Maryland Division of Public Works" Office of Transportation EngineeringFacts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Owens Creek on Apples Church Road
- Location
- Frederick County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1917; rehabilitated 1997
- Builder
- - York Bridge Co. of York, Pennsylvania
- Design
- Riveted Warren pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.63066, -77.37060 (decimal degrees)
39°37'50" N, 77°22'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/296549/4389450 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Emmitsburg
- Inventory number
- BH 19648 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 09/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 52.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 350
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