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Baumgardner Mill Covered Bridge

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Oblique view

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Pequea Creek on Covered Bridge Road
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1860; rehabilitated 1987
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Span length: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.93056, -76.29514   (decimal degrees)
39°55'50" N, 76°17'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/389333/4420852 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Conestoga
Inventory numbers
PA 36 7228 0425 1510 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 80003541 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-25 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PANBI 22018 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31076 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 26.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
400

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Pequea Creek
  • March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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