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Photo taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt

Overview: Covered bridge over Blockhouse Creek on Covered Bridge Road
Location: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1898; rehabilitated 1998
Design: Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 74.2 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.2 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.51000, -77.13033 (decimal degrees)
41°30'36" N, 77°07'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/322218/4597565 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Nauvoo
Inventory numbers: WGCB 38-41-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003569 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PA 41 7215 0816 0111 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 25076 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2009): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 30.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 100