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Little Mexico Bridge
Photos
Little Mexico Bridge
Looking east
Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in December 2015
BH Photo #344292
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Penns Creek on PA 1013
- Location
- Snyder County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1905; rehabilitated 1960, repaired/repainted 2007
- Design
- Pratt through truss with additional adjustable tension rods
- Dimensions
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Total length: 262.2 ft.
Deck width: 18.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.87374, -76.94176 (decimal degrees)
40°52'25" N, 76°56'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/336379/4526555 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Freeburg
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 110
- Inventory numbers
- PA 54 1013 0040 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 31159 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31615 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- July 13, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- January 5, 2018: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- December 21, 2015: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Changed name, added photo
- June 4, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee: Added GPS Coordinates
Sources
- Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Little Mexico Bridge - HistoricBridges.org
Comments
Little Mexico Bridge
I doubt they built a stone substructure in 1905. Would say it's either pre-1900 or was constructed on the foundation of an earlier bridge.
Penns Creek Bridge
Another view. If you look closely at the end panels you can see the round bars that were added at the first diagonals and the bottom chords
Penns Creek Bridge
Very nice bridge. Appears to have been strengthened and was done in a manner as not to be obvious to the casual observer, very well done.
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In Pennsylvania the substructure could go either way. Reuse of former stone substructure was common, but masonry substructure most definitely was still employed in 1905. Example: http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pe... additionally in Pennsylvania in some counties like Chester stone continued to be used for substructures into the 1910s, leading to unusual combinations like stone substructure and plate girder superstructure, as well as stone arches from this period: http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pe...