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Overview: Through truss bridge over Delaware River on CR 560
Location: Sussex County, New Jersey, and Pike County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to vehicular traffic only (no pedestrians allowed)
History: Relocated here 1900 from the Susquehanna River
Builders: - Perkins Brothers (Relocation)
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Original fabrication)
Design: Three-span Baltimore through truss with Phoenix columns
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 182.1 ft.
Total length: 546.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.22002, -74.85926 (decimal degrees)
41°13'12" N, 74°51'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/511797/4563191 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Culvers Gap
Inventory numbers: NJ 4100001 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25560 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2010): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 11.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 4,900

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