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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
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 number)
NRHP 80003491 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-25-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
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