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Overview: Covered bridge over Little Fishing Creek on Covered Bridge Road, north of Sereno
Location: Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1876
Design: Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 56.1 ft.
Total length: 58.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.17767, -76.49017 (decimal degrees)
41°10'40" N, 76°29'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: WGCB 38-19-08 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 30766 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 50