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Sheards Mill Covered Bridge -- October 11, 2009

Overview from upstream side

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

Overview: Covered bridge over Tohickon Creek on Covered Bridge Road in East Rockhill Township, PA
Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1873; rehabilitated 1971
Design: Lattice through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 116.1 ft.
Total length: 136.2 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.41667, -75.26667 (decimal degrees)
40°25'00" N, 75°16'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/477376/4474038 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Quakertown, PA
Inventory numbers: PA 09 4099 0010 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 07470 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 43501 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2009): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 59.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 215

October 18, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added bridge from NBI w/3 photos. East Rockhill Township added to Name-City & Overview. USGS Quakertown added