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Amtrak Railroad Bridge
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Description
FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The closed bridge carries a rural road over 2 electrified tracks of Amtrak in a sparsely developed, forested setting. The rail line is the former Pennsylvania RR Main Line, which has been identified as a historic line by PHMC.The 5 span, 95'-long bridge built in 1901 is composed of a single steel thru girder span over the tracks and four timber stringer approach spans. The steel span is supported on steel bents with stone pedestals. The abutments are stone and the remaining bents are timber. The timber deck is enclosed by corrugated panels above the girders and timber railings on the timber spans. The bridge is not eligible by SHPO Finding, 2/27/95.
Facts
- Overview
- Girder bridge over Amtrak Railroad on Colebrook Road
- Location
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1901
- Design
- Girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.08333, -76.37000 (decimal degrees)
40°04'60" N, 76°22'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/383197/4437905 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Lancaster
- Inventory numbers
- PA 36 7214 0374 5051 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 52550 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 02/2000)
- Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
- 250
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