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Adairs Covered Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

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Overview
Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on PA 3008
Location
Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1864; damaged by flooding in 1919
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 153.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Also called
Cisna Mill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.34142, -77.42375   (decimal degrees)
40°20'29" N, 77°25'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/294133/4468471 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Andersonburg
Inventory numbers
PA 50 3008 0110 1165 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 80003594 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PANBI 29660 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31477 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2009)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
209

Update Log 

  • September 25, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • September 18, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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