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Sassafras River Bridge (1985)
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Sassafras River Bridge
Georgetown MD
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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BH Photo #283832
Description
Date on the bridge is 1985, but NBI has it listed as 1987
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Sassafras River on MD 213
- Location
- Kent County, Maryland, and Cecil County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1985
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 751.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.36412, -75.88215 (decimal degrees)
39°21'51" N, 75°52'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/424005/4357555 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Galena
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 5,186
- Inventory number
- BH 19727 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of December 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 26, 2021: New photos from Douglas Butler
- July 4, 2017: Updated by Fmiser: changed date and added a note about 1985 and 1987
- January 28, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 21, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 21, 2015: Updated by Andy Peters: adds Cecil County, Maryland
- October 12, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
Nathan, the National Bridge Inventory lists this as built in 1987 - but I'm inclined to believe the date _on_ the bridge. So I changed it to "1985" and added a note about the two dates.
Thanks for the legwork.