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Swatara Creek Bridge

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
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Photo taken by Jodi Christman on November 27, 2010

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Swatara Creek on PA 1020
Location
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1933; rehabilitated 1996
Design
Parker pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 115.2 ft.
Total length: 235.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.45222, -76.50889   (decimal degrees)
40°27'08" N, 76°30'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/372052/4479044 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Indiantown Gap
Inventory numbers
PA 38 1020 0010 0966 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 22744 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31176 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2009)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 63.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
2,187

Categories 

Built 1933 (468)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (21)
Open (28,313)
Owned by state (9,808)
Parker pony truss (300)
 Parker truss (1,267)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Pony truss (13,217)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,573)

Update Log 

  • November 28, 2010: New photo from Jodi Christman

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
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Swatara Creek Bridge
Posted November 28, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I would have to agree with you Todd, and this site has greatly needed more coverage for Pennsylvania!

Swatara Creek Bridge
Posted November 28, 2010, by Todd D. Walker (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

I enjoy all the postings by Anthony Dillon. But seeing a lady pontist post bridges is rather cool. Jodi Christman does a great job with her many Pennsylvania pics. Hats off to her.