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Ross Fording Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt pony truss bridge over Octoraro Creek on Ross Fording Road
- Location
- Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1885 by the Phoenix Bridge Co.
- Builders
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix Iron Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Iron Manufacturer)
- Design
- 6-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 86.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
- Also called
- West Fallowfield Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.88300, -75.99171 (decimal degrees)
39°52'59" N, 75°59'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/415062/4415095 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Parkesburg
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 117
- Inventory numbers
- PA 15 3052 0010 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 88000849 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 10518 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30683 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 23, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- March 2, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- December 19, 2013: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Phoenix columns"
- December 18, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
Comments
Ross Fording Road Bridge
Patrick, thank you for sharing! Would you mind transferring some of your other pictures across to this site? It would beat the links to Flickr.
Regards,
Art S.
Ross Fording Road Bridge
This is not a pony but rather a Pratt through truss bridge built by the Phoenix Bridge Company.
Ross Fording Road Bridge
This is not a pony but rather a Pratt through truss bridge built by the Phoenix Bridge Company.
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Patrick,
Thanks for the photos! I especially appreciate the images of details. That is a sweet looking little bridge.
You do know that as an editor you can add images separate from posting a comment. Then you can give them a title and a caption - and the site will keep all your photos organize by bridge for easier management.