Ramp Covered Bridge

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South end of bridge with "clearance logs" Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Inside The planks were not in a 100% straight line. Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Inside wood to stone Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Inside view of steel roof and beams Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Clos-up of nails in boards These are the boards you would line your tires up on to go across Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Inside window on northwest side Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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North end of bridge (west side) Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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North end of bridge (west side) Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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North end of bridge (west side) window Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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North end of bridge (west side) abutment Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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11'2" clearance Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Inside bridge looking south Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Arch Photo taken by Jodi Christman Enlarge

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Photo taken by Jodi Christman 1/22/11 Enlarge

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Photo taken by Jodi Christman Jan. 2011

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ramps bridge newburg.jpg No reproduction of image for the purpose of resale or other publication without approval. Image for sale at www.laughlinpostcards.com by Tom Taylor Clyde A. Laughlin via Tom Taylor View this photo at goose.ycp.edu

Map 

Description 

Bridge built at the cost of $2,173.

Significant dates: September 1866 - Initial petition for a bridge on this site; Jan. 25, 1881 - Contract awarded; Jan. 13, 1882 - Inspected; 1967 - Extensive repairs made; 1991 - there was an arsonist attempt but his efforts were thwarted In regards to the date, NBI states built in 1870 Gill's book states 1882 which I suspect is based on Cumberland County records as he notes the initial petition in 1866 was rejected by the grand Jury, and a second petition was approved on 1873. The County Commissioners didn't even enter into a contract with Myers until 1881.

Another conflict with NBI data: Dimensions: 130' length, 18'11" width

Old wooden signs read (no longer in existence): 12'1" clearance and another sign says "Warning Capacity 5 Tons"

Facts 

Overview

Covered bridge over Conodoguinet Creek on TR 374 (Covered Bridge Road)

Location

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1882, extensive repairs in 1967

Builder

- Samuel Myers

Design

Covered Burr arch-truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 115.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.2 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980

Also called

Ramps Bridge
Failors Mill Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.13625, -77.52350   (decimal degrees)
40°08'10" N, 77°31'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/285011/4445932 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Newburg

Inventory numbers

PA 21 7203 0374 3626 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 80003480 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-21-11 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PANBI 14063 (Pennsylvania bridge number on the 2011 National Bridge Inventory)
BH 30817 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 06/2009)

Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.5 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2002)

100

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 15, 2011: Photo imported by Jodi Christman
• July 3, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added details from Paul Gill's "Drive the Roads..." book
• January 27, 2011: New photo from Jodi Christman
• January 23, 2011: New photo from Jodi Christman
• September 6, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman

Sources 

• Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
• Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] comcast [dot] net
• Wikipedia

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