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Photo taken by Jodi Christman on 7/23/2011

Overview: Through truss bridge over Little Conemaugh River on PA 271 (Maple Avenue) in Johnstown
Location: Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1958; rehabilitated 1997
Design: Bolted Pennsylvania Through Truss
Approach Spans: Metal Stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 480.0 ft.
Total length: 934.1 ft.
Deck width: 42.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Also called: Little Conemaugh River Bridge
Maple Avenue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.33894, -78.89341 (decimal degrees)
40°20'20" N, 78°53'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/678932/4467507 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Johnstown
Inventory numbers: PA 11 0271 0260 0791 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 08504 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2008): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 68.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 5,421

Colonel John Joseph Tominac Memorial Bridge

Posted July 23, 2011, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Named for a local soldier who won the Medal of Honor in WW2:

His actions noted in his MoH citation would be unbelievable in a work of fiction.