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Photos taken by Jack Schmidt

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Photo taken September, 1989

Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger

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Overview: Covered bridge over Mill Creek on Kiwanis Road in Lancaster City Park
Location: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Relocated 1974
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 96.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Baer's Mill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.01517, -76.28217 (decimal degrees)
40°00'55" N, 76°16'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/390577/4430227 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Lancaster
Inventory numbers: PA 36 7240 3000 1321 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
WGCB 38-36-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31100 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 25.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 500