Historic Bridges
of the United States
Wanich Covered Bridge
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
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Facts
Overview
Covered bridge over Little Fishing Creek on Covered Bridge Drive
Location
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1884 by George Russel Jr.
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.03967, -76.48283
(decimal degrees)
41°02'23" N, 76°28'58" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/375364/4544219
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bloomsburg
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-18
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003195
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30772
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 06/2006)
Deck condition rating:
Good
(7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 17.3
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2006)
100
Categories
19th Century
(1,838)
Built 1884
(54)
Built during 1880s
(517)
Burr arch-truss
(125)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
(35)
Covered
(537)
NR-listed
(1,520)
Open
(21,823)
Owned by county
(14,294)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Span length 75-100 feet
(3,297)
Through truss
(5,419)
Total length 75-100 feet
(3,373)
Truss
(16,067)
Wooden deck
(5,165)
Update Log
November 6, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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