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Carlton Bridge

Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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French Creek Thru Truss

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2010

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over French Creek on SR 1015 (New Lebanon Road)
Location
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Status
Closed to traffic
History
Built 1898 by Columbia Bridge Works; rehabilitated 1990
Builder
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 275.9 ft.
Deck width: 18.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.47141, -80.01843   (decimal degrees)
41°28'17" N, 80°01'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/581961/4591555 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
New Lebanon
Inventory numbers
PA 43 1015 0060 1472 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 25933 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31282 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2009)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 1.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
338

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1898 (161)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Closed (2,071)
Columbia Bridge Works (25)
Doomed (799)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2010 (20)
Mercer County, Pennsylvania (36)
NR-listed (2,353)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
 Owned by state (9,807)
Pennsylvania (3,037)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Savable (35)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,568)

Update Log 

  • November 14, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • May 16, 2010: New photos from Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Bridgemapper.com - by Todd Wilson and Lauren Winkler
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Janis Ford
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Carlton Bridge
Posted December 24, 2010, by Jacob Woods (jwoods484 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The is a uinque and ornate bridge, I don't know off any others off this style. If the could restore it in 1990 I think they could restore it again. America's future generations need to have beautiful bridges preserved so the can see what the 18 and 1900s were like!!