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Oblique View, Looking Due North From Fallston Into New Brighton

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Two-span Whipple through truss bridge over Beaver River on Front Street in Fallston
Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1884 by the Penn Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 2005
Builder: - Penn Bridge Co.
Design: Whipple through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 405.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.73333, -80.31500 (decimal degrees)
40°43'60" N, 80°18'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/557841/4509380 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Beaver
Inventory numbers: PA 04 7412 0000 4026 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 03900 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30353 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2009): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 6,523

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