Rating:
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Bush Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Bailey pony truss bridge over Bush Creek on Reichs Ford Road
- Location
- Frederick County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1909
- Design
- Bailey pony truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 65.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.36196, -77.32690 (decimal degrees)
39°21'43" N, 77°19'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/299529/4359527 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Urbana
- Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 817
- Inventory number
- BH 47804 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.2 (out of 100)
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Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Daniel McFarland
Comments
Bush Creek Bridge
Hmm. The 1992 NBI has a trio of Bailey Bridges as being constructed in 1975. The more recent NBI databases have earlier dates listed, early 1900s.
http://bridgehunter.com/md/frederick/reels-mill/
http://bridgehunter.com/md/frederick/little-hunting-creek/
And of course this one.
The Leudinghaus Road Bridge in Lewis County, Washington is listed still in the recent NBI as well even though it was wiped out in a flood and replaced with … a Bailey Bridge.
Perhaps the originals were replaced with Baileys and somehow a mix up led to the previous bridges' years being applied as this example shows?
Bush Creek Bridge
The 1909 construction date listed is incorrect. Bailey trusses were invented during World War II.
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Bailey trusses are often considered temporary or semi-permanent crossings and they often use existing substructures. Some NBI entries may have been left at the date for the previous bridge for this reason. Or it may just be a typical case of NBI nonsense that defies explanation.