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New Fording Bridge

Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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Looking north by NW

Photo taken by Jodi Christman in November 16, 2013

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Description 

FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The 1889, single span, 63'-long, Pratt pony truss bridge with the floor beams above the lower chords is supported on ashlar abutments with concrete wingwalls. The light trusses have laced webs rather than built up box sections at the inclined end posts and end panels of the upper chords. The bridge is one of three pin connected trusses in the county dating to 1889. The other two, which are more complete, have been listed in the National Register (31 7220 0373 3009) or determined eligible by PHMC (31 4005 0120 0000). This example is altered (original diagonal and two counters have been removed and replaced with steel cable in 1978). The altered bridge is not historically or technologically significant.

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Great Trough Creek on TR 368 (New Fording Road)
Location
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1889; rehabilitated 1978
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 63.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Also called
Huntingdon County Bridge #12
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.26621, -78.08611   (decimal degrees)
40°15'58" N, 78°05'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/322455/4460557 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wertzville
Inventory numbers
PA 31 7225 0368 3012 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 18945 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30997 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2009)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
17

Categories 

19th Century (3,999)
Built 1889 (120)
Built during 1880s (1,087)
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (58)
One-lane traffic (7,157)
Open (29,402)
Owned by county (16,719)
Pennsylvania (3,163)
 Pony truss (13,351)
Pratt pony truss (2,405)
Pratt truss (5,855)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,202)
Structurally deficient (16,931)
Total length 50-75 feet (7,062)
Truss (24,150)

Update Log 

  • November 17, 2013: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added bridge name & details
  • April 14, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
  • Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler

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