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English Center Bridge

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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Photos 

Overview Of Site From Northwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Unusual truss bridge over Little Pine Creek on SR 4001
Location
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1891 by Dean & Westbrook
Builder
- Dean & Westbrook of New York, New York
Design
According to the HAER report (PA-461), this is a "two-hinged inverted trussed arch"
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 299.9 ft.
Total length: 306.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.43469, -77.28881   (decimal degrees)
41°26'05" N, 77°17'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/308771/4589542 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
English Center
Inventory numbers
NRHP 78002428 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PA 41 4001 0270 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 25018 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31251 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 9.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
164

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1891 (120)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Dean & Westbrook (14)
HAER documented (782)
Inverted bowstring truss (4)
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (43)
NR-listed (2,354)
Open (28,314)
 Owned by state (9,808)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Structurally deficient (16,680)
TRUSS Award 2013 (14)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • August 11, 2009: Posted HAER photos

Sources 

  • HAER PA-461 - Lower Bridge at English Center, Spanning Little Pine Creek at State Route 4001, English Center, Lycoming County, PA
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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English Center Bridge
Posted March 28, 2013, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks likes big trucks want a new bridge here. This is a bridge that should be repaired and retained in place.

If the big industry boys want new bridges for their own self serving interests, perhaps they should start investing in their own roads.

We are getting involved with this suspension bridge. The reports show good overall except for superstructure. What needs to be restored to get those numbers up.