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Elk Creek Bridge

Erie County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2008

BH Photo #404796

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Elk Creek on TR 450 (Rick Road)
Location
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge (under construction)
History
Built 1915
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 58.1 ft.
Total length: 97.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.00167, -80.17500   (decimal degrees)
42°00'06" N, 80°10'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/568323/4650290 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Swanville
Inventory numbers
PA 25 7212 0450 4005 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 16450 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30900 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2013)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1915 (1,236)
Built during 1910s (9,723)
Erie County, Pennsylvania (64)
Have street view (27,193)
Lost (25,492)
Lost 2014 (369)
Lost during 2010s (3,383)
One-lane traffic (7,623)
Owned by township (2,804)
 Pennsylvania (5,370)
Pony truss (16,343)
Replaced by new bridge (17,193)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,142)
Steel grate deck (454)
Structurally deficient (13,868)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,611)
Truss (33,216)
Warren pony truss (3,406)
Warren truss (6,643)

Update Log 

  • September 10, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
  • August 15, 2011: New Street View added by Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Todd Wilson
  • Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
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Comments 

Elk Creek Bridge
Posted August 15, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The bridge is listed in the 2011 12 Year Transportation program for Erie County as a replacement priority, so if there was work being done at the bridge, it probably is being replaced.

Elk Creek Bridge
Posted August 15, 2011, by Wayne Grodkiewicz (wgrodkiewi [at] aol [dot] com)

I passed by this bridge on 9 August 2011 and it is closed. I could not tell what exactly what was going on but it looked like the bridge was being removed. It is a short pony truss, it appeared to be very old. I did not take a picture of it (too many ponies, too little time). However, it is closed now.