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Overview: Two-span covered bridge over North Branch Roaring Creek on Esther Furnace Road
Location: Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1905
Design: Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.90667, -76.45983 (decimal degrees)
40°54'24" N, 76°27'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: WGCB 38-19-20 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 30743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2005): 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: 18.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 50