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Overview
Covered bridge over Big Chickies Creek on Bridge Valley Road
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1869
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 91.9 ft.
Total length: 100.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.06639, -76.47806   (decimal degrees)
40°03'59" N, 76°28'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
PA 36 7230 0362 0207 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
WGCB 38-36-28 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003512 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31094 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2004)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 18.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
800

Categories 

19th Century (1,704)
Built 1869 (19)
Built during 1860s (102)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (500)
Functionally obsolete (5,033)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (56)
NR-listed (1,472)
Open (21,537)
Owned by county (14,113)
Pennsylvania (1,694)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,238)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,412)
Truss (15,704)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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