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Elders Bridge
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Description
According to Frederick Fleming Unger in "Old Bridges of Franklin County" this bridge was 120' in length and 14' wide.I suspect the bridge was somewhat modified over the years as the wingwalls zigzag out unlike I see in the old Clyde Laughlin photo. The photo's data has the same commissioners and date that are listed on the current day plaque--built in 1825 by Silas Harry. Commissioners: Jacob Wonderlick, Philip Laufman, David Fullerton.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over West Branch Conococheague Creek on Hill Road
- Location
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1825 by Silas Harry; rehabilitated 1983
- Builder
- - Silas Harry
- Design
- Double arch stone bridge
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 33.1 ft.
Total length: 67.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Hill Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.11361, -77.77142 (decimal degrees)
40°06'49" N, 77°46'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/263808/4444048 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Fannettsburg
- Inventory numbers
- PA 28 7208 0562 3115 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 17685 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30947 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2009)
- Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 78.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 250
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