Laurel Park Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Penns Creek on TR 309 (Bridgewater Drive)
- Location
- Laurel Park, Union County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1904 by the Owego Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1949
- Builder
- - Owego Bridge Co. of Owego, New York
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 164.1 ft.
Total length: 167.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Bridgewater Drive Bridge
Penns Creek Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.87081, -77.18348 (decimal degrees)
40°52'15" N, 77°11'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/316001/4526710 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Beavertown
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 125
- Inventory numbers
- PA 59 7204 0309 0024 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 33592 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31702 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of March 2017)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- September 9, 2019: Updated by Nathan Holth: Demolished and replaced (confirmed by field visit).
- July 13, 2018: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Lattice Railing"
- July 12, 2018: New photo from Janis Ford
- May 18, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added expected removal date.
- October 3, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
Sources
- Janis Ford
- Nathan Holth
Comments
Can't wait to go bridge spotting tomorrow with my daughter Laran. She was with me when we found our bridge off it's piers. Pennsylvania doesn't have a great rep.
Any other bridges we should go see on our route from Baltimore, north to near Harrisburg?
Robert???? Tony???? Nathan???? Jason???? James????? anybody with an opinion.
Been too long since I've gone poking around a new bridge for me. Too much fun. And no, we are not making a dime off this investigative trip.
We've been asked to come and look at this bridge by a home owner nearby. The Township says it needs to be removed so that emergency vehicles, like a fire tanker can cross. There seem to be many alternative routes but the township, like so many others, have drank the coolaid and want it to be gone. It feeds rural area and not many people. Wonder how those tankers crossed before.
Nontheless, we will go shed some light and make some noise. What I do best, I guess, even when it goes nowhere someone has to stand up for these bridges. Nels will be at the end of the photographs making some assessments as well. We have experts and if the substructure is good, then why?
Tell me why? Have a great day folks. Going to go see the Orioles play the Red Sox. Should be a good old day at the ball field. Never been to Camden Yards before.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/union/597204030900240/
One by one the landmarks of my youth in Union County are being removed. At least they have rebuilt the nearby covered bridge called the "Red Bridge" near Millmont.