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Pinetown Covered Bridge 38-36-05

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108640

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Bridge was washed off its abutments on June 22, 1972 (Tropical Storm Agnes) and returned to abutments (raised 17 feet during rebuilding) in 1973. Bridge was shifted from its foundation by remnants of Tropical Storm Lee in September 2011. Reconstruction and rehabilitation started in August 2013. Charlie Douts, director of the county's facilities management department, said the $818,546 reconstruction project should be open to traffic by the end of the year.

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Big Conestoga River on Bridge Road (TR 620)
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Reopened to traffic after reconstruction Jan. 2014
History
Built 1867; rehabilitated 1974 and 2013
Builder
- Elias McMellen
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 124.0 ft.
Total length: 133.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Also called
Nolt's Point Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.10567, -76.24825   (decimal degrees)
40°06'20" N, 76°14'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/393612/4440231 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Leola
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
425
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-36-05 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003527 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PA 36 7234 0620 0306 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 22099 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31119 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
Built 1867 (57)
Built during 1860s (516)
Burr arch-truss (354)
Covered (1,648)
Elias McMellen (11)
Have street view (26,950)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (153)
NR-listed (2,960)
 One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open (39,886)
Owned by county (20,783)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,398)
Through truss (15,075)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
Truss (32,799)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • February 17, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • September 2, 2015: New photos from John Loxton
  • March 4, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added street view & imported photos
  • January 13, 2014: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge to be reopened Jan. 2014
  • November 20, 2013: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge being rebuilt after 2011 flood damage
  • May 10, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee
  • March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources 

  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • John Loxton
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

Pinetown Covered Bridge 38-36-05
Posted April 29, 2014, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Found this nice writeup on the redo:

http://historyplaces.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/a-new-covered-...