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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
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.06639, -76.47806 (decimal degrees)
40°03'59" N, 76°28'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/373953/4436172 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Columbia East
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 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 400