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Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Skippack Creek on Bridge Road
Location: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1899; replaced 2005
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 74.2 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.23500, -75.37833 (decimal degrees)
40°14'06" N, 75°22'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/467816/4453909 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Norristown, PA
Inventory numbers: PA 46 1015 0010 0500 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 43229 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31339 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 516

March 28, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added replaced with a new bridge in the status section. open but now a modern bridge in overview. Norristown added to USGA quadrange.