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Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2009

Overview: Deck truss bridge over Beaver River on PA 51
Location: Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1963; rehabilitated 1991
Design: Three-span cantilevered deck truss with hybrid Pratt/Warren design
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 365.2 ft.
Total length: 993.2 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 32.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.69953, -80.28987 (decimal degrees)
40°41'58" N, 80°17'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/560475/4505639 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Beaver
Inventory numbers: PA 04 0051 0230 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 03487 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 42909 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2009): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 64.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 11,569