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Sonestown Covered Bridge

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Photo taken June 2006 by Jack Schmidt

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Photo taken June 2006 by Jack Schmidt

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Overview
Covered bridge over Muncy Creek on Champion Road (TR 310)
Location
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1900; rehabilitated 2001
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980
Also called
Davidson Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.34633, -76.55492   (decimal degrees)
41°20'47" N, 76°33'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/369913/4578370 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Sonestown
Inventory numbers
PA 56 7203 0310 0002 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
WGCB 38-57-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003640 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 32095 (Pennsylvania bridge number on the 2011 National Bridge Inventory)
BH 31671 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2009)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
50

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  • January 11, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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Sonestown Covered Bridge
Posted February 4, 2009, by Chris (idigghx [at] ymail [dot] com)

Sorry, your information is *wrong. The Sonestown Covered bridge was built in 1850.. I have glass negatives showing it in the year 1872, which I have attached.

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