C.L. Schmitt Bridge

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C.L. Schmitt Bridge

At New Kensington. View looking East

Photo taken by Brian McKee in January 2009

BH Photo #131260

Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Allegheny River on PA 1038 in New Kensington
Location: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1927; rehabilitated ca. 1988
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 370.1 ft.
Total length: 1,528.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.7 ft.
Also called: New Kensington Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.56415, -79.77222 (decimal degrees)
40°33'51" N, 79°46'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/603936/4491099 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: New Kensington West
Inventory numbers: PA 02 1038 0010 0059 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 01475 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30278 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2009): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 45.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008): 17,104

December 20, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
July 6, 2015: New photos from John Goold
November 14, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
January 4, 2009: New photos from Brian McKee

C.L. Schmitt Bridge

Posted November 20, 2015, by John Goold (BlueWilliamus [at] yahoo [dot] com)

There was a shot of this bridge on the latest episode of the Food Network's Restaurant Impossible.