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Gudgeonville Covered Bridge

Erie County, Pennsylvania
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Photo taken by Janis Ford

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Elk Creek on Gudgeonville Road (TR 400)
Location
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Status
Destroyed by arson
History
Built 1868 by William Sherman; destroyed by arson on November 8, 2008
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.98178, -80.26586   (decimal degrees)
41°58'54" N, 80°15'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/560817/4648013 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Albion
Inventory numbers
PA 25 7207 0400 4008 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 80003491 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-25-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PANBI 16420 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30905 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
255

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1868 (35)
Built during 1860s (217)
Covered (925)
Destroyed by fire (49)
Erie County, Pennsylvania (28)
Lost (10,370)
Lost 2008 (178)
Lost during 2000s (3,091)
Multiple Kingpost truss (91)
 NR-listed (2,354)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Owned by township (1,813)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • December 3, 2008: Destroyed by arson on November 8, 2008

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Gudgeonville Covered Bridge
Posted November 28, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

Photos taken 9/25/08 - only about a month before the bridge was destroyed. It was in a beautiful spot, with really impressive high walls on Elk Creek. Last time I was there, I was told that the bridge was haunted. I wonder where the ghost is "living" now?

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