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Brinser Road Bridge

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Amtrak on Brinser Road (TR 490)
Location
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca. 1910; replaced 1996
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conrail (CR)
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.16132, -76.68122   (decimal degrees)
40°09'41" N, 76°40'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/356826/4447017 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Middletown
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
25
Inventory numbers
PA 22 7207 0490 5051 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 14674 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 41546 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 79.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Amtrak (580)
Built during 1910s (10,238)
Conrail (1,816)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (151)
Lost (31,807)
Lost 1996 (459)
Lost during 1990s (4,214)
NR-eligible (4,127)
Owned by railroad (14,134)
 Pennsylvania (6,784)
Pony truss (17,553)
Pratt pony truss (4,132)
Pratt truss (10,846)
Replaced by new bridge (21,695)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,804)
Structurally deficient (12,507)
Total length 75-100 feet (7,074)
Truss (38,318)

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Brinser Road Bridge
Posted January 7, 2012, by Jodi Christman (masterofchaos [at] comcast [dot] net)

It's sad that this bridge was replaced. It had been found eligible for the National Register by the PH&MC back in 1984 according to PA Historic Bridge Data.