Venango Veterans Memorial Bridge

Photos 

The sagging portal bracing

Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2010

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Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over French Creek on PA 1002 in Venango

Location

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Status

Demolished, no replacement planned.

History

Built 1893 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.

Builder

- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio

Design

Two pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through trusses

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 261.2 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Also called

Gravel Run Road Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.77182, -80.10765   (decimal degrees)
41°46'19" N, 80°06'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/574166/4624827 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Cambridge Springs

Inventory numbers

PA 20 1002 0060 0260 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 13137 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30785 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 07/2006)

Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 4.4 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2007)

576

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Update Log 

• December 6, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished.
• September 28, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
• June 28, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Future Prospects.

Sources 

• Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
• Nathan Holth

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