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Inwood Iron Bridge

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Side view

Photos taken June 2007 by Kent Findley

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Swatara Creek on TR 575
Location
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1899 by the Pittsburg Bridge Co. and Nelson & Buchanan; rehabilitated 1960
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 162.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.47725, -76.52319   (decimal degrees)
40°28'38" N, 76°31'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/370888/4481843 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Indiantown Gap
Inventory numbers
PA 38 7215 0575 3007 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 22889 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31169 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
100

Update Log 

  • May 13, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Corrected GPS
  • September 17, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • September 27, 2007: Posted photos from Kent Findley

Sources 

  • Kent Findley - kent [dot] findley [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com