Weaverland Bridge

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Concrete Pony truss bridge over Conestoga River on T-894 Quarry Road

Location

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1916

Builders

- Frank H. Shaw (engineer)
- John T. Brubaker

Design

Tied thru concrete arch bridge

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 56.1 ft.
Total length: 79.1 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.

Also called

Quarry Road Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.13783, -76.05956   (decimal degrees)
40°08'16" N, 76°03'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/409737/4443592 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Terre Hill

Inventory numbers

PA 36 7213 0894 4002 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 21912 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 44150 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 12/2009)

Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 54.1 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2008)

175

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Update Log 

• June 7, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This is not a concrete truss.
• May 10, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This is the Weaverland Bridge.
• May 10, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder, description, # spans & corrected GPS
• February 16, 2010: Added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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