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Pond Eddy Bridges

Pike County, Pennsylvania, and Sullivan County, New York
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Looking west from Rt. 97

petit truss bridge

Photo taken by Jodi Christman in August 2010

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Facts 

Overview
Two-span through truss bridge over the Delaware River at Pond Eddy
Location
Pike County, Pennsylvania, and Sullivan County, New York
Status
Open to traffic with 4 Ton Weight Limit
Future prospects
Slated for demolition and replacement in 2013
History
Built 1904 by the Oswego Bridge Co.
Builder
- Oswego Bridge Co.
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 252.0 ft.
Total length: 513.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.43922, -74.81992   (decimal degrees)
41°26'21" N, 74°49'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/515044/4587532 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 43 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 28
USGS topographic map
Pond Eddy
Inventory numbers
PA 51 1011 0010 2574 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 88002170 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 29949 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31557 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2010)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
28

Categories 

Available for reuse (162)
Built 1904 (326)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Delaware River (42)
Doomed (805)
NR-listed (2,354)
New York (1,767)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,322)
Oswego Bridge Co. (1)
Owned by state (9,811)
 Pennsylvania (3,038)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pike County, Pennsylvania (19)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
State line crossing (514)
Structurally deficient (16,686)
Sullivan County, New York (42)
Through truss (9,212)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,578)

Update Log 

  • August 8, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is doomed.
  • August 6, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • March 9, 2009: Scheduled for replacement

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Pond Eddy Bridges
Posted April 26, 2012, by Glenn Pontier (grpontier [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Sign the petition to save the bridge at http://www.change.org/petitions/save-the-pond-eddy-bridge

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Pond Eddy Bridges
Posted February 27, 2012, by CANALLER

It may not be enough to save this bridge from destruction, which most people considered a foregone conclusion, but opposition continues to mount. Locals are beginning to question the wisdom of spending millions on another bridge-to-nowhere, so a couple dozen homes that aren't even in the same state can be accessed. Time will tell.