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Photos taken by Patrick S. O'Donnell

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Gap between trusses

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Facts

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Popolopen Creek on US 9W in West Point
Location: West Point, Orange County, New York
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1937; rehabilitated 1992
Design: Pratt deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 135.8 ft.
Total length: 608.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.32407, -73.98984 (decimal degrees)
41°19'27" N, 73°59'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NY 1007150 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26569 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2004): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 52.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000): 18,395

Update Log

June 5, 2007: Posted photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell

Sources

Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net

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Popolopen Creek Bridge

Posted September 19, 2007, by braine (wbraine [at] hvc [dot] rr [dot] com)

This bridge just got a red flag from NYS inspectors; apparently there are cracks in the trusses. Being fixed this week.

Popolopen Creek Bridge

Posted September 11, 2007, by JO (joakabridgefreak [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I think these type of trusses are fascinating but hard to photograph. I had to climb on trusses of a deck pratt truss to get awesome pics[#5718 kettle river MN] These are great pics!!!! Watch for #5718 pics!!!