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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt

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The Variety Iron Works
Bridge Builders
Cleveland, O.

Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Middle Creek on Furnace Road (TR 439), at the end of PA 3007
Location: Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1890 by the Variety Iron Works; rehabilitated 1995
Builder: - Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 115.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.8 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Inventory numbers: PA 54 3007 0010 0215 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31610 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 48.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002): 229

Update Log

December 18, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources

Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net

Comments

Furnace Road Bridge

Posted May 14, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Does anyone out there know anything about the Variety Iron Works? This is the nicest of their few remaining bridges that I have seen. I would be interested in knowing more on the company and it's somewhat quirky name.