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Rapps Dam Road Covered Bridge 38-15-14

Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Rapps Dam Covered Bridge - October 2006

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Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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Overview
Covered bridge over French Creek on Rapps Dam Road in East Pikeland Townhip
Location
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1866; rehabilitated 1978
Builder
- Benjam F. Hastman
Design
Double Burr-arch truss (now supported by steel stringers)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.13822, -75.55287   (decimal degrees)
40°08'18" N, 75°33'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/452902/4443245 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Phoenixville, PA
Inventory numbers
PA 15 1049 0020 0759 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 73001608 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 42749 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/1991)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 68.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1992)
613

Categories 

19th Century (4,168)
Benjam F. Hastman (1)
Built 1866 (15)
Built during 1860s (250)
Burr arch-truss (258)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (127)
Covered (1,074)
Functionally obsolete (7,132)
Have street view (13,674)
 NR-listed (2,603)
Open (29,993)
Owned by state (10,362)
Pennsylvania (3,268)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,418)
Through truss (9,905)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,808)
Truss (24,567)

Update Log 

  • March 3, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • March 2, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP info, street view & imported photo
  • June 9, 2009: Added by Raymond Klein

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Rapps Dam Road Covered Bridge
Posted December 29, 2012, by Don Morrison

See a photo of the remains of the dam:

http://www.phoenixvilledoes.com/2012/09/01/trails-trails-everywhere/img_1510/

Rapps Dam Road Covered Bridge
Posted December 29, 2012, by Ken (Fiveo [dot] 17 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The original dam is pretty much gone. On the south side o the bridge there is a parking area by the powder mill I surrounded by a fence. Follow the trail through the woods and the dam was back there. It is soon to be a walking trail.

Rapps Dam Road Covered Bridge
Posted September 13, 2010, by linda (hardyk99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Do you know where the original Rapp's Dam is located?